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The Incendium Amoris of Richard Rolle of Hampole
The Incendium Amoris of Richard Rolle of Hampole Author:Richard Rolle General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: The University press Subjects: Devotional literature Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) Religion / Christian Life / Devotional Religion / Devotional Religion / Meditations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the or... more »iginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE FOUNDATION OF SION ABBEY. As the present English monographs on Sion abbey either leave the foundation and early years of the community in great obscurity, or adopt an unsatisfactory theory to explain the difficulties in the English records, it seems worth while to append a short account of the foundation of this royal abbey. The books on the subject at present most accessible to English readers are G. J. Aungier's History and Antiquities of Syon Monastery,1 and the Introduction to J. H. Blunt's edition of the Myroure of oure Ladye.2 A far more exhaustive study is Dr. Torvald's Hojer's Studier i Vad- stena Klosters och Birgittinordens Historia, which adds to the evidence the result of research among the Swedish Royal Archives, and various MSS. in the Upsala University Library. This Swedish work is, however, inaccessible to most English readers, and was only studied by the writer through the kindness of the present Lady Abbess of Sion,3 for whom a partial translation had been made by Miss Howitt. Dr. Hojer, however, being primarily interested in the foundation of Sion as part of the history of a Swedish saint and her work, has not referred to certain English sources which throw more light on the subject, and clear up some points which he leaves unsettled.4 The undisputed point in the early history of Sion abbey is its foundation in 1415 by Henry V, as a monastery for men and women living a...« less