{"product_id":"landscapes-of-monastic-foundation","title":"Landscapes of Monastic Foundation","description":"A history of monastic foundations in East Anglia, from the middle Anglo-Saxon period to the Normans.\n\nMonastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political. He observes that by 1215 the Diocese of Norwich contained about a tenth of all English monasteries, a remarkable richness of patronage was no suddenflush of enthusiasm, but a manifestation of religious devotion that had been evolving in East Anglia since the seventh-century Conversion. By integrating archaeological and historical sources, Dr Pestell presents an in-depth examination of where and how communal religious life developed in the region over half a millennium. In so doing, he demonstrates how the more visible and better-evidenced post-Conquest monastic landscape was typically structured by its Anglo-Saxon past.   \n \n Dr TIM PESTELL is Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum.","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217742057816,"sku":"9781843830627","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781843830627.jpg?v=1768278615","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/landscapes-of-monastic-foundation","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}