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Product Description This invaluable reference book provides biographical data on some 5,000 Benedictine monks in England between c.1066 and 1540. The monks' activities ranged widely--including charitable undertakings, economic administration, diplomatic missions, and intellectual pursuits--and the volume istherefore an unparalleled resource for all historians of medieval England. Review "What makes this contribution to monastic history valuable is how Greatrex handles the bountiful information that forms this biographical register. --Medieval ProsopographyR