The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson
by active 1173-1215 de Brakelond Jocelin
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- THE CHRONICLE OF JOCELIN OF BRAKELOND: A PICTURE OF MONASTIC LIFE IN THE DAYS OF ABBOT SAMSON NEWLY EDITED BY SIR ERNEST CLARKE
- LIST OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I bury abbey under abbot hugh
- CHAPTER II the monks discuss the vacancy
- CHAPTER III the choice of a new abbot
- CHAPTER IV samson's installation
- CHAPTER V the new abbot's reforms
- CHAPTER VI samson's personal characteristics
- CHAPTER VII the abbot as peer of parliament
- CHAPTER VIII the case of henry of essex
- CHAPTER IX troubles without
- CHAPTER X troubles within
- CHAPTER XI samson's contests with knights, monks and townsmen
- CHAPTER XII the cares of office
- CHAPTER XIII the customs of the township
- CHAPTER XIV the shrine of st. edmund
- CHAPTER XV the monastery in revolt
- CHAPTER XVI the election of a new prior
- CHAPTER XVII the abbot's foibles
- APPENDIX I samson as an author.
- APPENDIX II notes to the text of the chronicle.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- APPENDIX III Table of Chief Dates in the History of the Abbey Of St. Edmundsbury, from a.d. 870 to 1903.
- SECTION I BEFORE THE DAYS OF ABBOT SAMSON
- SECTION II DURING ABBOT SAMSON'S LIFETIME (1135-1211)
- SECTION III FROM 1214 TO DISSOLUTION IN 1539
- SECTION IV FROM THE DISSOLUTION TO 1903
- INDEX
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