Dissolution of Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries is usually seen as the fi nal event in the lifecycle of monastic sites, and consequently is often discussed in terms of the destruction wrought or the motivations of those who profi ted immediately from their demise. However, the majority of former monastic sites continued to be occupied, maintained and developed in new ways for decades after these events. This paper takes the case study of Monk Bretton Priory, a fairly unremarkable monastic institution, and attempts to demonstrate how an explicitly biographical and long-term examination of a site's post-Dissolution history can provide a more nuanced and balanced narrative.

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Among those witnesses of John Gower's works that are known to have been produced during his lifetime, the Trentham manuscript (London, British Library, Additional MS 59495) stands out for its remarkable design as a seemingly planned trilingual collection. The manuscript, usually dated to the first year of Henry IV's reign, exclusively contains Gower's poetry—showcasing his virtuosity in English, French, and Latin. A number of its poems are either addressed to or invoke Henry, yet nothing is known about the history of this manuscript before the seventeenth century. As a result, scholarship on the Trentham manuscript (henceforth Trentham) tends to foreground the question whether this compilation was ever presented to Henry. I will adduce fresh evidence to establish the early provenance of Trentham and show that the manuscript remained in Southwark until the middle of the sixteenth century. Second, I will offer a new context for the composition of Trentham by reading the collection against the background of Anglo-French relations during the first months of Henry's rule. Finally, I will argue for Gower's personal involvement in and continued ownership of this manuscript.

Sebastian Sobecki (2015). Ecce patet tensus: The Trentham Manuscript, In Praise of Peace, and John Gower's Autograph Hand. Speculum, 90, pp 925-959. doi: 10.1017/S0038713415002316.

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The article presents the fate of two convent churches: of Dominicans at Janów Podlaski and Reformed Friars Minor at Biała Podlaska. Both churches changed their intended purpose between 1864 and 1875; first, their convents were dissolved, then they were converted into Uniate churches only to be transformed into the Orthodox churches after the liquidation of the Uniate Church. Their fate has been presented based on archival materials kept in the State Archives in Lublin, in the fonds of Chełm Greek Catholic Consistory.

Excavations undertaken in 2010 at Monk Bretton Priory, South Yorkshire represent the first substantive investigation of the monastery since its initial clearance in the 1920s and 1950s, and the only campaign of works to be fully recorded and published. Trenches were located to the west and north of the monastic church to reveal features thought to relate the occupation of the site by the Blithman and Talbot families in the mid to late sixteenth century. Evidence for the post-Dissolution remodelling of earlier medieval structures was encountered, as was a rich assemblage of finds belonging to all periods of occupation. Although relatively small in scale, the excavations provide an interesting insight into how the new owners sought to repurpose the religious house to secular use.

Welke publicatie je ook naslaat over de opheffing van de kloosters in Engeland, vrijwel elke auteur heeft het over een dramatisch gebeuren dat niet alleen een einde maakte aan de religieuze huizen maar ook een aardverschuiving in de bezitsverhoudingen teweegbracht. Een enkeling als John Hare spreekt in dit verband zelfs van de Greatest change sin ce the Norman conquest. Voor de Noordelijke Nederlanden vind je dat nooit zo kras uitgedrukt maar zou je het toch ook wel op die manier kunnen formuleren. De secularisatie van de kloosters heeft hier niet minder diep ingrijpende gevolgen gehad, niet alleen voor de bezitsverhoudingen maar ook voor de materiële infrastructuur en daarmee de macht en autonomie der afzonderlijke gewesten. Bedenken we maar dat, afhankelijk van de regio, 15 tot soms 25 % van de beste cultuurgrond in dit proces van eigenaar is verwisseld.

The project The cultural legacy of the monasteries resolved in the former Polish Commonwealth and in Silesia during 18th and 19th centuries: the fate, importance, inventory is implemented under the National Programme for Development of Humanities (11H 11 021280), from the funds of Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
The main aim of the project is to initiate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and generally accessible scientific description, and inventory the cultural legacy left by the resolved monasteries as an important part of spiritual and material national heritage. This is the first in Europe attempt of identifying and documenting scattered collections of more than a thousand monasteries. The territorial scope of the queries will contain Poland and several neighboring countries, while within the formal range will be included different types of objects: archives, old prints, books, other variety of movables (e.g. liturgical, everyday objects, remnants of the equipment, including e.g. pharmacies), buildings and other facilities in situ, and also the natural and archeological remains, at the moment investigated slightly or not at all