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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 725: Cistercians, I: The Death of Cistercians

Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses, Pontigny
Organiser:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Paper 725-aFountains Abbey and the Black Death
(Language: English)
Mike Spence, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism
Paper 725-bBest Friends Forever?: Testamentary Evidence for Personal Networks among Cistercian Monks and Nuns in Britain after the Dissolution
(Language: English)
David E. Thornton, Department of History, Bilkent University, Turkey
Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 725-cThe Location and Form of the Tomb of Abbot Robert Chamber at Holme Cultural Abbey, c. 1530: Reconstructed Together with Its Major Inscription
(Language: English)
Stuart Harrison, Ryedale Archaeology Services, Pickering
Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract

This session looks at death from several angles: what happens in an abbey during a pandemic, wills made by Cistercians, and the (solved) mystery of an abbot's tomb.