Author: Crossley, F A
Title: The English Abbey Its Life And Work In The Middle Ages
Description: Batsford, 1935, 1st edition. Cloth, G+. xiv+114pp+32pp publishers catalogue, endpaper plans, colour frontis, 2 colour & 96pp b/w plates showing 135 images, 1 map, 2 folding plans, text figs, index, bookplate, spine sunned, fore edges & page margins very slightly foxed, a solid copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A nice overall survey of the English monastic legacy, covering daily life in a monastery and the ruins in the landscape.

Keywords: architecture, history, monks, religion, topography, medieval history