CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
THE BEGINNING
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The Abbey and the Elm[1]
St. Stephen Harding[3]
The founding of Citeaux (Cistercium)[4]
The pursuit of Poverty[6]
The coming of St. Bernard[8]
Cistercians at Rievaulx[9]
Discontent at St. Mary’s, York[10]
Departure of the Monks[12]
The founding of Fountains, 1132[13]
St. Bernard receives the Abbey into his Order[14]
The starving time[15]
The arrival of prosperity[16]
[CHAPTER II]
THE GROWTH OF THE ABBEY
I. COLONIES
The Monks appreciated by their neighbours[20]
Newminster founded, 1137[22]
Kirkstead, 1138[23]
Louth Park, 1138[23]
Woburn, 1145[23]
Lisa-Kloster, 1146[24]
Kirkstall, 1147[25]
Vandey, 1147[25]
Meaux, 1150[27]
II. BUILDINGS
The Cistercian plan[28]
The Architect[29]
Nave and transepts [in their present form][30]
Built by Abbot Richard, the first, 1132-1139[31]
And Abbot Richard, the second, 1139-1143[32]
Abbot Henry Murdac, 1143-1147[33]
The Fire[35]
Eastern range of cloister, and part of Western[36]
Built by Abbot Richard, the third, 1147-1170[36]
Abbot Robert the Strenuous, 1170-1179[37]
Builds Southern range and completes Western[38]
Abbot William, 1179-1190[38]
Abbot Ralph Haget, 1190-1203[38]
Abbot John of York, 1203-1211[40]
Abbot John of Ely, 1211-1220[42]
Abbot John of Kent, 1220-1247[43]
Builds Chapel of Nine Altars and Infirmary[44]
[CHAPTER III]
THE DAILY LIFE OF THE MONKS
The wall, the porter’s lodge[45]
The chapel, the mill, bake-house and brew-house[46]
The guest houses[47]
The Cellariuma
Cellarer’s office[50]
Vestibule, cellar, buttery, passage[51]
Refectory[52]
Dormitory[53]
The lay brothers, Conversi[53]
The Church
Porch[58]
Gallery[59]
Nave[59]
Retro-choir[61]
Choir[62]
Chancel[63]
North transept: Tower[65]
South transept: Sacristy[66]
Chapel of the Nine Altars[68]
At service in the Abbey[69]
The West walk: Novices[73]
The dormitory[74]
The North walk: living-room[77]
The cloister brothers, Monachi[80]
The chapter-house: morals[84]
The day’s work[90]
The parlour[94]
The warming-house: recreation[95]
The refectory[96]
The bill of fare[100]
Under the dormitory[105]
The Abbot’s lodgings[106]
Scriptorium and Muniment room[109]
Coal-yard and rubbish-heap[110]
Misericord[111]
The Infirmary[113]
The end of the day[115]
[CHAPTER IV]
THE SUPPRESSION
Abbey lands and dignities[117]
Abbot John Darnton, 1479-1494[117]
Abbot Marmaduke Huby, 1494-1526[119]
Builds the tower[119]
The Monasteries and the Reformation[120]
Abbot John Thirsk, 1526-1536[123]
Abbot Marmaduke Bradley, 1536-1539[125]
The coming of the King’s commissioners[125]
The spoiling of the Abbey, 1539[126]
The subsequent owners[129]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Fountains Abbey, from a water-colour drawing by J. M. W. Turner, in the possession of J. E. Taylor, Esq. (photogravure) [Frontispiece]
The East End of the Abbey (photogravure) To face page [24]
The Interior, looking west (photogravure) ” [40]
Historical Ground Plan (coloured) [The End]
The Cellarium (photogravure) ”[52]
Principal Patterns of the Roman Floors at Fountains Abbey, from a print by Wm. Fowler of Winterton ”[72]
The Abbey from the South-East (photogravure) ”[80]
The Abbey from the South-West (photogravure) ”[96]
Fountains Hall (photogravure) ”[128]
Plan of the Precinct [The End]

[These plans are derived from the Yorkshire Archæological Journal vol. xv.]