Julian M. Luxford is Senior Lecturer at the School of Art History, St Andrews University.
In many ways a model book. It is a model of careful scholarship, of
caution in its conclusions, of thoroughness in its research, in the
way it neatly mortars a sturdy brick to the existing architecture
of Benedictine scholarship.
*ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY*
Contributes importantly to the ongoing debates about the
Reformation and the medieval heritage of monasticism, and the
contribution of the abbeys to taste and fashion in wider material
culture.
*LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2007*
This magnificent book is both a regional study of much more than
local significance and an art historical book that tells us much
about late medieval monasticism. [It] is a major achievement.
*SOUTHERN HISTORY*
Luxford's book provides much new material to consider and by taking
the concept of patronage as a motivation, he has found ways of
approaching the subject unrealised in previous studies. This is
surely a model to emulate.
*SEHEPUNKTE*
A pioneering work.
*REVUE BENEDICTINE*
A rewarding read. [The author] has shone a bright light on late
medieval Benedictine monasticism and persuasively argued for its
strength and integrity. [...] He has created a new standard,
transforming the way in which such studies must be conducted in the
future.
*THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE*
An interesting book which would be a useful reference document for
the church historian. TRANSACTIONS, Bristol & Gloucestershire
Archaeological Society
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Contributes importantly to the ongoing debates about the Reformation and the medieval heritage of monasticism, and the contribution of the abbeys to taste and fashion in wider material culture. LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2007Luxford's book provides much new material to consider and by taking the concept of patronage as a motivation, he has found ways of approaching the subject unrealised in previous studies. This is surely a model to emulate. SEHEPUNKTEA rewarding read. (The author) has shone a bright light on late medieval Benedictine monasticism and persuasively argued for its strength and integrity. (...) He has created a new standard, transforming the way in which such studies must be conducted in the future. THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE
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