Wearmouth and Jarrow Monastic Sites, Volume 2 by Rosemary Cramp

Wearmouth and Jarrow Monastic Sites, Volume 2

Oxbow Monographs

Rosemary Cramp

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Founded by Benedict Biscop in the late 7th century, the twin monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow achieved an international reputation through the writings of Bede. Destroyed in the mid 9th century the house was refounded in the 11th and survives to ...

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