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In this ground-breaking study, the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political - is considered. By 1215, the Diocese of Norwich contained about a tenth of all English monasteries. This remarkable richness of patronage was no sudden flush 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, this book presents an in-depth examination of where and how communal religious life developed in the region over half a millennium. In so doing, it demonstrates how the more visible and better-evidenced post-Conquest monastic landscape was typically structured by its Anglo-Saxon past. In turn, the role of the founder as participant in, and creator of, monastic life is reassessed, and shown to be pivotal.
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