Date sent: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 14:57:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thomas Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Burton Abbey - Wealthiest in Staffordshire
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Referring to Durham as an episcopal church should not cause us to ignore
its cathedral's eventual role as a monastic foundation. How wealthy
would a monastic cathedral like Durham or Canterbury be compared to a
monastery like St. Alban's?
tom izbicki
David Knowles did a useful set of rankings in The Monastic Order. Christ Church
Canterbury was at the top by some way as far as I can remember (I don't have my
copy of Knowles here). I suspect that Durham was rather richer than St Albans
but I don't have the information to hand and don't want to speculate. Neither
Durham nor St Albans was poor.
Julia Barrow
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