| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chapter 1. Beginnings Chapter 2. Aelfric's Abbey Chapter 3. Re-foundation Chapter 4. Abbey Stones Chapter 5. Fame and Ambition Chapter 6. The Shrine of St Andrew Chapter 7. The Oxfordshire School Chapter 8. The Wrath of God Chapter 9. Visions of Heaven and Hell Chapter 10. Keeping up Appearances Chapter 11. Laying Up Treasures on Earth Chapter 12. Scandal Chapter 13. Endings Chapter 14. Rediscovery Chapter 15. Rescue Appendix 1: A List of Eynsham's Abbots Appendix 2: Eynsham Abbey's Properties Appendix 3: The Bainbridge Slide Collection Appendix 4: Glossary of some Architectural terms Bibliography Sources Index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Beginnings; Aelfric's Abbey; Re-Foundation; Eynsham Abbey Stones; Fame and Ambition; The Shrine of St Andrew; The Oxfordshire School; The Wrath of God; Visions of Heaven and Hell; Keeping up Appearances; Laying up Treasures on Earth; Scandal; Endings; Rediscovery; Rescue; Appendix 1 Eynsham's abbots; Appendix 2 Eynsham Abbey's Properties; Appendix 3 Some notes on the William Bainbridge collection of slides relating to Eynsham Abbey |
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Appendix 4 A glossary of some architectural termsBibliography; Sources; Index of Proper Names; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Eynsham was one of the few religious foundations in England in continuous use from the late Saxon period to the Dissolution. This book aims to rescue this important abbey from obscurity by summarising its history and examining its material remains, most of which have never been published before. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England)
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Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) |
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Monasteries -- England -- Eynsham -- History -- To 1500.
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Monasteries. |
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England -- Eynsham. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Eynsham.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Eynsham (England) -- Antiquities.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. |
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Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781789692501 |
| ISBN |
1789692512 |
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9781789692518 (electronic book) |
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9781789692501 (paperback) |
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1789692504 (paperback) |
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