The monastic order in England: a history of its development from the times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940-1216

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter

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• Glastonbury from the Air (page II)

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• Preface to the Second Edition (page xv)

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• Preface to the First Edition (page xvii)

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• List of Abbreviations (page xxii)

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• Part One. Historical (page 1)
• Section I. Introductory (page 3)
  • Chapter I. The Rule of Saint Benedict (page 3)

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  • Chapter II. The Monastic Order between the Death of Saint Benedict and the Times of Saint Dunstan (page 16)

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• Section II. 940-1066 (page 31)
  • Chapter III. The Monastic Revival under Dunstan and King Edgar: The Regularis Concordia (page 31)

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  • Chapter IV. English Monasticism between Dunstan and the Conquest (page 57)

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• Section III. 1066-1100 (page 83)
  • Chapter V. The Norman Monasticism (page 83)

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  • Chapter VI. The Norman Plantation (page 100)

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  • Chapter VII. The Development of the Religious Life between I066 and II00 (page 128)

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  • Chapter VIII. The Cluniacs in England (page 145)

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  • Chapter IX. Worcester, Evesham and the Northern Revival (page 159)

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• Section IV. 1100-1135 (page 172)
  • Chapter X. The English Monasteries under Henry I (page 172)

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• Section V. 1135-1175 (page 191)
  • Chapter XI. The New Orders (page 191)

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  • Chapter XII. The New Model of Citeaux (page 208)

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  • Chapter XIII. The Cistercians in England: I. The First Foundations (page 227)

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  • Chapter XIV. The Cistercians in England: II. The Period of Expansion (page 246)

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  • Chapter XV. The Black Monks between 1135 and 1175 (page 267)

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  • Chapter XVI. Cluniac Influence: Henry of Blois and Gilbert Foliot (page 280)

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• Section VI. 1175-1216 (page 299)
  • Chapter XVII. The Black Monks from 1175 to 1216 (page 299)

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  • Chapter XVIII. The Hostility of the Bishops towards the Black Monks (page 313)

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  • Chapter XIX. The Case of Evesham (page 331)

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  • Chapter XX. The Cistercians from 1153 to 1216 (page 346)

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  • Chapter XXI. The reign of John and the Fourth Lateran Council, 1199-1216 (page 363)

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  • Chapter XXII. The Charterhouse of Witham and Hugh of Avalon (page 375)

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• Part Two. Institutional (page 393)
• Section I. The Interior Polity of the Black Monks (page 395)
  • Chapter XXIII. The Office of Abbot (page 395)

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  • Chapter XXIV. The Internal Government and Personnel of the Monastery (page 411)

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  • Chapter XXV. The Administration of the Monastery (page pagenumber)

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• Section II. The Work and Influence of the Monks (page 448)
  • Chapter XXVI. The Daily Life of the Monastery (page 448)

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  • Chapter XXVII. Unions and Confraternity: Hospitality and Charity (page 472)

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  • Chapter XXVIII. The Intellectual Activities of the Black Monks: I. Educational and Literary (page 487)

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  • Chapter XXIX. The Intellectual Activities of the Black Monks: II. Theology, Canon Law, Medicine, Monastic Libraries (page 509)

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  • Chapter XXX. The Illumination of Manuscripts and Monastic Craft Work (page 528)

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  • Chapter XXXI. The Liturgy and the Chant (page 539)

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• Section III. The External Relations of the Monastery (page 561)
  • Chapter XXXII. The Place of the Monastery in the Fabric of the Church and of Society (page 561)

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  • Chapter XXXIII. The Origins and Development of Exemption in England (page 575)

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  • Chapter XXXIV. The Monastic Churches (page 592)

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  • Chapter XXXV. The Monasteries and the Feudal System (page 607)

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  • Chapter XXXVI. The Cathedral Monasteries and the Bishops' Abbeys (page 619)

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• Section IV. The White Monks (page 632)
  • Chapter XXXVII. The Institutions of the White Monks (page 632)

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  • Chapter XXXVIII. The Maintenance of Discipline (page 649)

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  • Chapter XXXIX. The Critics of the Monks (page 662)

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  • Chapter XL. Review of the Period 940-1216 (page 679)

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• Appendices (page 695)

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• Bibliography (page 727)

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• Additional Bibliography (page 745)

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• Additional Notes (page 749)

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• Index (page 761)

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