Monastic Hospitality

"The great achievement of this volume is the extensive detail it provides, giving a clear picture of monastic hospitality, which was an integral aspect of monastic life during the Middle Ages." CHURCH HISTORY

"A case-study in the flexibility and adaptability of Benedict's Rule in twelfth-century England. It is informative, detailed, well researched, and a valuable addition to work in the field." ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

"Fills a gap in understanding of the workings of monasticism." THE CHURCH TIMES

"Addresses an important but understudied topic with intelligence and scholarly craft, and it should stimulate further study." SPECULUM

"A very fascinating and important book. It is both scholarly and interesting, a combination not always found in works of research. It should be included in every good monastic library." CISTERCIAN STUDIES QUARTERLY

"A much-needed addition to the historiography of an important area of the monastic practice. [.] It should be particularly commended for a very skilful interpretation of the sources." THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW

"A valuable contribution to the study of medieval English monasticism. [The author] and Boydell deserve the thanks of monastic historians for the successful completion and publication of a very ambitious project - one with the added advantage that it points the way to further research." JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

"An interesting study with significant conclusions." NORTHERN HISTORY

"Combines an understanding of the spiritual implications of the reception of guests-implicit in the Rule of St Benedict-with a sound discussion of the economic base of hospitality.[...]Julie Kerr's illuminating insight into the place of monastic hospitality in the life and economy of the English monasteries in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a new approach to the study of medieval Benedictine life." DOWNSIDE REVIEW