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    Title
    Abbeys and Priories
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Glyn Coppack
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 208
    Width: 172 mm
    Height: 248 mm
    Thickness: 15 mm
    Weight: 522 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781848684195
    ISBN 10: 1848684193
    Classifications
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1DBKE
    Dewey: 726.70942
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.5
    BISAC category code: ARC005000
    BISAC category code: ARC016000
    Illustrations note
    col. Illustrations
    Publisher
    Amberley Publishing
    Imprint name
    Amberley Publishing
    Publication date
    01 February 2010
    Publication City/Country
    Stroud/GB
    Main description
    Although the 1987 book on the archaeology of the sites of Catholic abbeys and priories managed by English Heritage (formerly the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) bears the same title as this work, author Coppack (a monastic scholar who works for English Heritage) has substantially rewritten the work based on new research by himself and others such that this is essentially a new book. He synthesizes the archaeological research in chapters that discuss the archaeology of monasteries in general, the monastic church, the cloister buildings, the wider precinct, sanitation and the use of water, and the impact of the suppression of monastic life after Henry VIII's break with Rome in 1534. Distributed in the US by Casemate. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)