The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson
by de Brakelond Jocelin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jocelin, de Brakelond, active 1173-1215
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Chris Pinfield, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
- Subject
- Great Britain -- History -- Angevin period, 1154-1216
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 37780
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37780
- Release Date
- October 17, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.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
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CHAPTER I bury abbey under abbot hugh
- 4.CHAPTER II the monks discuss the vacancy
- 5.CHAPTER III the choice of a new abbot
- 6.CHAPTER IV samson's installation
- 7.CHAPTER V the new abbot's reforms
- 8.CHAPTER VI samson's personal characteristics
- 9.CHAPTER VII the abbot as peer of parliament
- 10.CHAPTER VIII the case of henry of essex
- 11.CHAPTER IX troubles without
- 12.CHAPTER X troubles within
- 13.CHAPTER XI samson's contests with knights, monks and townsmen
- 14.CHAPTER XII the cares of office
- 15.CHAPTER XIII the customs of the township
- 16.CHAPTER XIV the shrine of st. edmund
- 17.CHAPTER XV the monastery in revolt
- 18.CHAPTER XVI the election of a new prior
- 19.CHAPTER XVII the abbot's foibles
- 20.APPENDIX I samson as an author.
- 21.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.
- 22.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
- 23.INDEX
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