Examines the ruins of abbeys in England and presents their findings.

The story of England's medieval Abbeys and Priories!

Before the Roman conquest there were few settlements in Britain that could properly be described as towns and their rapid growth was one of the first effects of

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Concise histories of the religious houses of post-Conquest Wales with a full introduction to the history of medieval monasticism in Wales, written by two establ