The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion) (en Inglés)
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with contributions from Ian M. Betts, Jens Röhrkasten, Mark Samuel, and Christian Steer.Nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award 2019The friaries of medieval London formed an important part of the city's physical and spiritual landscape between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. These urban monasteries housed 300 or more preacher-monks who lived an enclosed religious life and went out into the city to preach. The most important orders were the Dominican Black friars and the Franciscan Grey friars but London also had houses of Augustine, Carmelite and Crossed friars, and, in the thirteenth century, Sack and Pied friars.This book offers an illustrated interdisciplinary study of these religious houses, combining archaeological, documentary, cartographic and architectural evidence to reconstruct the layout and organisation of nine priories. After analysing and describing the great churches and cloisters, and their precincts with burial grounds and gardens, it moves on to examine more general historical themes, including the spiritual life of the friars, their links to living and dead Londoners, and the role of the urban monastery. The closure of these friaries in the 1530s is also discussed, along with a brief revival of one friary in the reign of Mary.Nick Holder is a historian and archaeologist at English Heritage and the University of Exeter. He has written extensively on medieval and early modern London.Ian M. Betts is a building materials specialist at Museum of London Archaeology; Jens Röhrkasten is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham; Mark Samuel is an independent architectural historian; Christian Steer is an independent historian, specialising in burials in medieval churches.Table of ContentsIntroductionThe First Black Friars in Holborn, c. 1223-1286The Second Black Friars, 1275-1538The Third Black Friars at St Bartholomew's, 1556-1559Grey Friars, 1225-1538White Friars, c. 1247-1538Austin Friars, c. 1265-1538Crossed Friars, c. 1268-1538Sack Friars, c. 1270-1305Pied Friars, 1267-1317ChurchesPrecincts and the use of spaceArchitecture and architectural fragments of the London friaries [Mark Samuel]Floor tiles and building materials from the London friaries [Ian Betts]Water supplyEconomySpiritual life and education in the London friaries [Jens Röhrkasten]Burial and commemoration in the London friaries [Christian Steer]London friars and LondonersDissolutionConclusionsBibliography
