Bøger udgivet af Strata Florida - Ystrad Fflur

Professor Janet Burton is one of the main historians of medieval European monasticism, and a specialist on the history of the Cistercian Order. Her aim in this book is to present everyday life in a Cistercian monastery such as Ystrad Fflur. The reader is led through the monks' daily routine from prayer and worship, manual labour and devotional...

Written by a leading historian of medieval European monasticism and the Cistercian Order in particular, this book is designed to introduce readers to the everyday life of a Cistercian monastery such as Strata Florida. It guides us through the monks' daily routine of prayer and worship, manual labour, and devotional reading.

The abbey was part of a network of Cistercian houses that played a key part in safeguarding manuscripts of old Welsh literature. This book tells the story of that venture with examples of the work of poets and poems about the abbey. It also provides an overview of the continuity of the tradition in the modern world in the works of local and...

Almost from its inception, and throughout the Middle Ages, the abbey, alongside other Cistercian houses in Pura Wallia, seems to have been engaged in the production and transmission of manuscripts which inscribed the poetic traditions of early Welsh literary culture.

Written by the foremost expert on Strata Florida and drawing on the latest archaeological research, this is a concise and accessible introduction to the long history of the site and how its landscapes have been shaped by human activity stretching right back to the Bronze Age.

Written by the foremost expert on Strata Florida and drawing on the latest archaeological research, this is a concise and accessible introduction to the long history of the site and how its landscapes have been shaped by human activity stretching right back to the Bronze Age.

St Mary's Church in Strata Florida has been a celebrated place of worship for centuries. This book offers an understanding of the unique history of the church, discussing the history of the site stretching back into the Bronze age and exploring developments through medieval times and up to the 19th and 20th centuries.