, including
cathedrals, cells, and monasteries
for the Cistercians, Benedictines,
White Friars, Black Friars, and Nunneries.
Ground Plans, see Repton, Watton, and Beaulieu and more.
Or, take a tour of a medieval monastery, a "basics" guide to the parts of a church and living quarters
in a medieval abbey.
Or, click to see ground plans of Medieval Hospitals
List of approx. 2000 religious
houses (including priories, abbeys
& hospitals) from medieval England.
Monastic Orders & CostumeWhat is a Refectory? -- It's the dining room, also called the frater. Find out
the parts and functions of a medieval monastery and abbey church. (Also see the Ground Plans, left.)
You got gloves with that? -- Information about daily housekeeping, farming, and making repairs. It seems like with every big task, whether it was shearing, harvesting, or even serving as chaplain, built into your pay was a neato-new pair of gloves.
What is a 'Rule'? -- A set of 'rules' by which a group of monks or nuns agree to
live. All must follow the Rule, with the goal of creating physical and spiritual harmony.
What is a 'Lay brother' or 'Lay sister'? -- Lay Brothers were monks who lived in monasteries and lived the lifestyle of a monk but were not professed as full monks and so did not participate in the more important or the most sacred monastic tasks, such as religious studies or as clergy in the Divine Office.
What is a White Monk? -- A Cistercian. Other Orders included Trinitarians,
Gilbertines, and Knights Templar.
What is a 'Kitchener?' -- Key monastic offices, such as treasurer and kitchener,
were called 'Obedientiaries.'
Fish-Cooks and Bell-Ringers -- The Paid Servants of the Monastery.
What is a Habit? -- Habits were like uniforms for monks and nuns and were made up of overlayed garments and vestments. Vestments are particular clothes worn by priests or monastics. Basic guide to clothing and costume. (soon)
St. Robert of Knaresborough, hermit, Robertine, farmer, miracle worker, and subject of a March blog. Read an excerpt about him (above), or head straight to Cave Dwellers, chapter three from Mary Rotha Clay's Hermits and Anchorites of England.
General Glossary of Abbeys and English church. More than glossaries, these are indepth dictionaries, I heartily recommend them: A Companion to the English Parish Church, & The Sutton Companion to Cathedrals and Abbeys, both by Stephen Friar.
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