A History of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, 1257-1301: Simon of Luton and John of Northwold

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Frontcover Contents List of Plates List of Figures Preface Editorial Note Acknowledgements Abbreviations Maps and plans (figures 1–11) Part I. Introduction 1 The Abbots, Simon of Luton and John of Northwold Part II. Abbatial Governance 2 Abbot Simon of Luton’s Early Problems 3 Repercussions on the Abbey of the Barons’ War 4 Record-Keeping and the Codification of Customs 5 Relations between Abbot Simon and the Convent 6 John of Northwold’s Early Problems and Reforms 7 St Edmunds and the Crown – Introduction 8 St Edmunds’ Mint 9 Interaction and Co-operation with the Crown 10 The Abbey and Edward I 11 The Abbey’s Influential Friends 12 William of Hoo, Sacrist 1280–94 Part III. The Abbey’s Economy 13 Debt and its Causes 14 Retrenchment and Reform 15 Loss and Recovery 16 Taxes and other Financial Impositions 17 The Town and Trade 18 Estate Management 19 Abbatial Vacancies: Problems and Solutions Part IV. Religious Life and Reform 20 Religious Life under Abbot Simon 21 Religious Life under Abbot John Part V. Intellectual and Cultural Life 22 The Monks’ Intellectual and Cultural Life under Abbot Simon 23 The Monks as Chroniclers and Historians under Abbot John 24 Afterword – The Deaths of Abbots Simon and John Appendices I The identity of the abbot’s justices, Henry of Guildford and Henry of Shenholt (in 1287) II The monks’ dietary regime: their food and drink Select List of the Registers and Customaries cited Select List of Further Manuscripts Cited Select Bibliography Index