I recall once reading that the subject of the Industrial Revolution was like a well-squeezed orange. Not much juice left in it. Yet I constantly come across scholarship adding to what we know about ...
For almost 1,000 years, the English church grew up around its monasteries—a network of institutions that instructed the living, cared for the dying and prayed for the dead. Monasteries were locations ...
In this rich study, British historian Moorhouse (Great Harry's Navy) portrays the destruction of England's 650 Catholic monasteries and nunneries in the 1530s as a brazen smash-and-grab by a ...
U niversities might be facing a moment similar to what befell early modern English monasteries under Henry VIII. For generations, Ronald G. Musto explains in The Attack on Higher Education (2021), ...
In the 15th century, 800 monasteries in England owned one-third of the nation's land. Many monks lived in luxury and were patrons of the finest art and architecture. Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how ...
Even Fox News reported on the letter Henry VIII dictated in October 1536, demanding the most horrific punishment of an abbot of a small monastery in the northwest of England: he wanted him to be ...
The Society functions through its Council which is elected every year at AGM. The Council meets every month to transact the business of the Society including organisation of events, election of new ...
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland appears annually and is one of the leading peer-reviewed publications in its field. While it publishes articles on a wide range of topics, ...
Events include a Christmas carols service and a midnight communion on Christmas Eve. The chapel stopped admitting lepers and ...
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