Plympton Priory

Plympton Priory PDF

Author: Allison D. Fizzard

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9004163018

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A case study examining the history of a house of English Augustinian canons, this book reveals the ways in which Plympton Priory formed connections with the laity, the episcopacy, the secular clergy, and the Crown in the late Middle Ages.

Plympton Priory: A House of Augustinian Canons in South-Western England in the Late Middle Ages

Plympton Priory: A House of Augustinian Canons in South-Western England in the Late Middle Ages PDF

Author: Allison Fizzard

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9047423313

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This book makes a contribution to knowledge of the history of the Augustinian canons in England through a case study of one particular house in the south-west of the country. Plympton Priory in Devon was founded in 1121 by a bishop of Exeter, and through episcopal and lay donations of temporal and spiritual sources of income became one of the wealthiest houses of Augustinian canons in England. Analysis of surviving records reveals the multiplicity of connections existing between the canons and the laity, the secular clergy, the episcopacy, and the Crown until the priory’s dissolution. The result is a multi-faceted study of the roles played by an Augustinian house in society and within the Church in the late Middle Ages.