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CONTENTS
CANTERBURY FROM THE AIR Frontispiece
PREFACE page ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv
Part One The Old Orders, 1216-1340
Chap. I. The thirteenth century 3
Characteristics--the reforming bishops--the religious.
II. Reorganization among the Black Monks, 1216-1336 9
The early provincial chapters--domestic reforms--the monks
at Oxford.
III. The Augustinian chapters, 1216-1339 28
Organization of the chapters--the statutes of Helaugh Park.
IV. The exploitation of the land 32
Manor and demesne in the twelfth century--the resumption
of demesne--control of the estates--commercial farming--
administration of the manors: the wardens and the chequer--
improvement of the land--some great high farmers: Canter-
bury, Peterborough, Glastonbury.
V. Henry of Eastry 49
VI. The monastic administration 55
Centralization of finances--the treasury system--audit at
the chequer.
VII. The agrarian economy of the Cistercians 64
Sheep farming--credit transactions--corn for the market--
the Cistercian grange--finance and administration.
VIII. The system of visitation 78
Four kinds of visitor--the visitation procedure--interpre-
tation of the documents.
IX. The first century of visitation: (I) 85
Introductory--the York registers--some troublesome cases
--the punishment of faults--financial mismanagement.
X. The first century of visitation: (II) 97
Worcester and Hereford--Wells and Exeter--Winchester
and London--the Cluniac houses--metropolitan visitations
--judgement on the system.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Religious Orders in England. Contributors: Dom David Knowles - author. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Place of Publication: Cambridge, England. Publication Year: 1948. Page Number: v.
    
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