Project Gutenberg 2023-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 260 Westlake, H. F. (Herbert Francis) 1879 1925 Westlake, Herbert Francis 22012767 Westminster Abbey: The last days of the monastery as shown by the life and times of Abbot John Islip, 1464-1532 $aUnited Kingdom :$bPhilip Allan & Co.,$c1921. Chuck Greif, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Westminster Abbey: The Last Days of the Monastery" by H.F. Westlake is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book provides a detailed examination of the final decades of Westminster Abbey’s monastic life, focusing particularly on the tenure of Abbot John Islip from 1464 to 1532. Westlake's narrative delves into the complexities of monastic governance, the challenges faced by the Abbey, and the significant figures of the period, establishing a rich historical context that invites readers to explore the themes of faith, authority, and community life during a transformative era in English history." The opening of the book establishes its central figures and thematic focus, centering around the contrasting leadership of Abbot John Islip and his successor, Abbot Boston. Islip is portrayed as a dynamic leader who significantly enhanced the Abbey's prestige, while Boston's subsequent tenure is depicted as a decline that paved the way for the monastery's dissolution. The narrative begins by outlining the monastic structure and governance as per St. Benedict’s Rule, setting the stage for a biographical exploration of Islip's life and the historical events that shaped the Abbey during a tumultuous period of reform and dissolution. Through meticulous detail about the responsibilities of monastic officials and records of internal affairs, the beginning provides a window into the Abbey's daily life and the broader socio-political changes that eventually led to its challenging fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/westminsterabbey00westuoft 20190903042105westlake 1921 GB Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Westminster Abbey Islip, John, 1464-1532 BR Text Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Religious 204469 2025-09-27T12:46:32.746078 text/html 202166 2023-01-21T10:56:44 text/html 360652 2025-09-27T12:46:36.788062 application/epub+zip 361235 2025-09-27T12:46:33.876061 application/epub+zip 189092 2025-09-27T12:46:33.275091 application/epub+zip 785711 2025-09-27T12:46:39.154012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759448 2025-09-27T12:46:36.273077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182178 2025-09-27T12:46:32.359093 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181806 2023-01-21T10:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18628 2025-09-27T12:46:39.427022 application/rdf+xml 18126 2025-09-27T12:46:33.451029 image/jpeg 2857 2025-09-27T12:46:33.360035 image/jpeg 67746 2023-01-21T10:56:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 340167 2023-01-21T10:56:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 344663 2025-09-27T12:46:32.768083 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog