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Author Parrinder, Steve, author

Title The lost abbey of Eynsham / Steve Parrinder
Published Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., 2019

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Description 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 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
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 16 August, 2019)
Subject Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England)
SUBJECT Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England) fast
Subject Monasteries -- England -- Eynsham -- History -- To 1500
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Eynsham
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Monasteries
SUBJECT Eynsham (England) -- Antiquities
Subject England -- Eynsham
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1789692512
9781789692518