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IMC 2016: Sessions

Session 1039: Cistercians, IV: Cistercian Archaeology

Wednesday 6 July 2016, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses
Organiser:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Paper 1039-aNew Thoughts on an Old Chronology: Meaux Abbey in a New Light, I
(Language: English)
Glyn Coppack, Archaeological & Historical Research, Goxhill
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism
Paper 1039-bNew Thoughts on an Old Chronology: Meaux Abbey in a New Light, II
(Language: English)
Stuart Harrison, Ryedale Archaeology Services, Pickering
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Archives and Sources, Monasticism
Paper 1039-cThe Anatomy of Cistercian Industrial Granges: A Case Study of the Property of Fountains, Rievaulx, and Byland in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire
(Language: English)
Stephen Anthony Moorhouse, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Local History, Monasticism
Abstract

This session will present the archeological analysis of Meaux Abbey in new light, with a re-examination of evidence from the chronicle as it relates to the buildings, as well as reconstruction of the plan of the abbey church and cloister arcade from remaining architectural fragments. The third paper will examine the distinctive industrial landscapes of Fountains, Rievaulx, and Byland where property was acquired piece-meal in detached blocks, each with a particular purpose such as coal, iron, or resources for making charcoal, and the routes that were acquired to link them.