The monks of Chester : the history of St. Werburgh's Abbey / by R.V.H. Burne, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S., Canon of Chester Cathedral, Archdeacon of Chester.

Main entry:

Burne, R. V. H. (Richard Vernon Higgins)

Title & Author:

The monks of Chester : the history of St. Werburgh's Abbey / by R.V.H. Burne, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S., Canon of Chester Cathedral, Archdeacon of Chester.

Publication:

London, S.P.C.K., 1962.

Description:

235 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-224).

Summary:

St. Werburg's Abbey, founded in 1093 by Hugh of Avanches, 2nd Earl of Chester, was a Benedictine monastery. In 1540 it was taken over by Henry VIII's reformation, and was renamed the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Virgin Mary (Chester). This is a history of the abbey to 1540.

Subject:

St. Werburgh's Abbey (Chester, England)
Benedictines England Cheshire History.
Kloster
Chester (England) Church history.
England, Cheshire, Chester Church history.
Kathedrale Chester
Chester Kathedrale.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 85430
Call No.: W8903; ID:85-B11949
Status: Available

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