{"product_id":"pestell-tim-landscapes-of-monastic-foundation-9781843830627","title":"Landscapes of Monastic Foundation","description":"Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political. He observes that by 1215 the Diocese of Norwich contained about a tenth of all English monasteries, a remarkable richness of patronage was no sudden flush of enthusiasm, but a manifestation of religious devotion that had been evolving in East Anglia since the seventh-century Conversion. By integrating archaeological and historical sources, Dr Pestell presents an in-depth examination of where and how communal religious life developed in the region over half a millennium. In so doing, he demonstrates how the more visible and better-evidenced post-Conquest monastic landscape was typically structured by its Anglo-Saxon past. Dr TIM PESTELL is Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum.","brand":"Boydell Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53761290568022,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781843830627_1.jpg?v=1781799611","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/pestell-tim-landscapes-of-monastic-foundation-9781843830627","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}