New House brings to life an imaginary monastery in Wales, through the medium of invented documents that reflect fifteen centuries of history and prayer. The historical essay, "Guto'r Glyn in 1492," complements the fictional New House by examining an actual fifteenth-century Welsh poet in the age when Europe was beginning to map the New World.
A simple description of monasteries and nunneries.
Explains the role that monasteries played in medieval society, discusses the ideals which the different orders shared and the characteristics that made each one distinctive, and describes everyday life in the cloister.
Life in a Medieval Monastery
What was more, the zeks' rehearsal on the eve of the uprising and James's presence there reinforced the accusations he would be making against the godfather – what was this if not the 'last meeting of the conspirators'?
A Directory of Monastic Hospitality
Monastic Hospitality in Australia, the British Isles and Western Europe at the Commencement of the Third Millennium
Meteora: History of the Monasteries and Monasticism
Vadstenadiariet: Latinsk text med översättning och kommentar
Visitor's Guide: Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real de El Escorial
Beyond the theological religious symbolism that emanates from this architecture, it is important to note summarily the characteristics of design that make it still interesting in our day as an architectural fact.