In the course of this work, Dr Dobson is able to throw new light on the universal aspirations and pre occupations of medieval monasticism. He reconstructs life in Durham in the century before its final dissolution and concludes that it was an example of 'comparatively successful conservatism' during a period in English history characterized by institutional resistance to social and intellectual change.
| ISBN: | 9780521023054 |
| Publication date: | 24th November 2005 |
| Author: | R B Dobson |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 444 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Christianity Religious communities and monasticism |