This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the use ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of a medieval monastery. By continuing the story beyond the Dissolution, and charting the initial stages of the dispersal of the Abbeys books (many into the large institutional collections which are their homes today), Alan Coates makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the fate of monastic books and book-collecting in the post-Dissolution period.
| ISBN: | 9780198207566 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 1999 |
| Author: | Alan Coates |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 211 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Historical Monographs |
| Genres: |
Religious communities and monasticism Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Social and cultural history Christianity |
This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the use ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of a medieval monastery.
English Medieval Books features in the following genres: Religious communities and monasticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Social and cultural history, Christianity
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English Medieval Books was written by Alan Coates and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
English Medieval Books has 211 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Historical Monographs series
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