Within the stunning 18th-century landscaped park of Studley Royal in Yorkshire, lies the ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Europe.
Based on contemporary documentary evidence, excavations, and conservation work over the past 30 years, Glyn Coppack outlines the history from the first frontier mission center in 1132 to its subsequent growth through the centuries.
THE AUTHOR
Glyn Coppack works for English Heritage and is one of Britain's foremost monastic scholars. Among many works The White Monks: the Cistercians in Britain (1998) and Christ's Poor Men: the Cistercians in England (2002) are standard texts on the subject. Dr Coppack lives in south Humberside.
248 x 172 mm | paperback | 176 pages | 120 images | 16 colour illustrations
