The last office
Subtitle: 1539 and the dissolution of a monastery
By: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780297850892
Subjects: History; Monasticism and religious orders; Church history; Durham Cathedral
Description: "What happened to the monks, their orders, and the communities they served after Henry VIII's breach with Rome in 1536? Here, in The Last Office, Geoffrey Moorhouse dwells on the aftermath of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, drawing for his sources on material that has lain forgotten in the recesses of one of our greatest cathedrals."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and index.