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St Edmund's Abbey was one of the most highly privileged and wealthiest religious houses in medieval England, one closely involved with the central government; its history is an integral part of English history. This book (the first of two volumes) offers a magisterial and comprehensive account of the Abbey during the thirteenth century, based primarily on evidence in the abbey's records [over 40 registers survive]. The careers of the abbots, beginning with the great Samson, provide the chronological structure; separate chapters study various aspects of their rule, such as their relations with the convent, the abbey's internal and external administration and its relations with its tenants and neighbours, with the king and the central government. Chapters are also devoted to the monks' religious, cultural and intellectual life, to their writings, book collection and archives. Appendices focus on the mid-thirteenth century accounts which give a unique and detailed picture of the organisation and economy of St Edmunds' estates in West Suffolk, and on the abbey's watermills and windmills.

Dr ANTONIA GRANSDEN is former Reader at the University of Nottingham.

RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations --- Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds --- Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. --- History. --- History --- RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations. --- Religion / institutions & organizations. --- Samson, --- Edmund, --- Simon, --- Abbeys --- Abbayes --- Histoire --- John, --- Bury St Edmunds --- Abbots --- Convents --- Monasteries --- Superiors, Religious --- Benedictine Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds --- Bury St. Edmunds Abbey --- John of Northwold, --- Simon of Luton, --- Abbey administration. --- Medieval England. --- Monastic life. --- Religious and cultural life. --- St. Edmund's Abbey. --- Thirteenth century. --- West Suffolk. --- Bury St. Edmunds (England) --- 13th Century. --- Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. --- Architecture. --- Historical Background. --- John of Northwold. --- Medieval Abbey. --- Middle Ages. --- Monastic Life. --- Norman Sicily. --- Religious History. --- Simon of Luton. --- Thirteenth Century.