xxi, 780 pages 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [727]-748. Bibliographical references included in "Additional notes" (p. [749]-759))

Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Part 1: Historical. I. Introductory. The rule of Saint Benedict ; The monastic order between the death of Saint Benedict and the times of Saint Dunstan -- II. 940-1066. The monastic revival under Dunstan and King Edgar : the Regularis Concordia ; English monasticism between Dunstan and the conquest -- III. 1066-1100. The Norman monasticism ; The Norman plantation ; The development of the religious life between 1066 and 1100 ; The Cluniacs in England ; Worcester, Evesham and the northern revival -- IV. 1100-1135. The English monasteries under Henry I -- V. 1135-1175. The new orders ; The new model of Cîteaux ; The Cistercians in England : I. The first foundations ; The Cistercians in England : II. The period of expansion ; The black monks between 1135 and 1175 ; Cluniac influence : Henry of Blois and Gilbert Foliot -- VI. 1175-1216. The black monks from 1175 to 1216 ; The hostility of the bishops towards the black monks ; The case of Evesham ; The Cistercians from 1153 to 1216 ; The reign of John and the Fourth Lateran Council, 1199-1216 ; The Charterhouse of Witham and Hugh of Avalon -- Part 2: Institutional. I. The interior polity of the black monks. The office of Abbot ; The internal government and personnel of the monastery ; The administration of the monastery -- II. The work and influence of the monks. The daily life of the monastery ; Unions and confraternity : hospitality and charity ; The intellectual activities of the black monks : I. Educational and literary ; The intellectual activities of the black monks : II. Theology, canon law, medicine, monastic libraries ; The illumination of manuscripts and monastic craft work ; The liturgy and the chant -- III. The external relations of the monastery. The place of the monastery in the fabric of the church and of society ; The origins and development of exemption in England ; The monastic churches ; The monasteries and the feudal system ; The cathedral monasteries and the bishops' abbeys -- IV. The white monks. The institutions of the white monks -- V. Monastics discipline. The maintenance of discipline ; The critics of the monks -- VI. Conclusion. Review of the period 940-1216 -- Appendices

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