Research Catalog

Title

The lost Abbey of Eynsham / Steve Parrinder.

Author

Parrinder, Steve

Publication

• Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xviii, 286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); 25 cm

Summary

The Lost Abbey of Eynsham' will be of interest not just to local historians but to those with an interest in the development of monasticism and medieval art and architecture, particularly the Romanesque. Eynsham was one of the few religious foundations in England in continuous use from the late Saxon period to the Dissolution. Its first Benedictine Abbot was the internationally renowned scholar and teacher, Aelfric, and it was frequently visited by medieval kings given its close proximity to the royal hunting lodge of Woodstock. Hugh of Avalon, later canonised, was appointed Bishop of Lincoln at a royal council at Eynsham in 1186. Shortly afterwards the abbey achieved fame with the Vision of the Monk of Eynsham which is said to have influenced Dante. Its reputation was further enhanced when Eynsham acquired an important relic, the arm of St Andrew in 1240. In the later Middle Ages, the abbey went into decline and was beset by scandal. It surrendered to the Crown in 1538 and the huge structure was gradually demolished and pillaged for its building materials. Now, nothing remains in situ above ground. This book aims to rescue this important abbey from obscurity by summarising its history and examining the material remains of Eynsham Abbey, most of which have never been published before.

Alternative Title

Abbey of Eynsham

Subjects

• Monasteries
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Monasteries > England > Eynsham > History > To 1500
• Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Eynsham
• Eynsham (England) > Antiquities
• Antiquities
• History
• Eynsham Abbey (Eynsham, England)
• To 1500
• England > Eynsham

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-275) and index.

Contents

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 Property -- Appendix 3. Some notes on the William Bainbridge collection of slides relating to Eynsham Abbey -- Appendix 4. A glossary of some architectural terms.

Call Number

JFF 20-71

ISBN

• 9781789692501
• 1789692504
• 9781789692518 (canceled/invalid)
• 1789692512 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1107692395

Author

Parrinder, Steve, author.

Title

The lost Abbey of Eynsham / Steve Parrinder.

Publisher

Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-275) and index.

Chronological Term

To 1500

Other Form:

Ebook version : 9781789692518

Research Call Number

JFF 20-71