A History of Syon Abbey by Eddie Jones

A History of Syon Abbey by Eddie Jones

'The 25th day of November the house of Syon was suppressed into the King's hands, and the ladies and brethren put out, which was the most] virtuous house of religion that was in England.' So wrote the chronicler Charles Wriothesley in 1539. But the story of Syon Abbey did not end with the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Founded by Henry V in 1415, England's only house of the Bridgettine order had been one of the richest monasteries of medieval England. Now the community went underground; they returned briefly under Queen Mary, only to leave again with the accession of Elizabeth. They were to spend more than half a century 'wandering'-through the Netherlands and France, an exodus that brought them, in 1594, to Lisbon in Portugal. Here they remained until 1861, when circumstances at last allowed a return home to England. They settled in Devon, where the remaining sisters now live in retirement. The history of Syon Abbey is an inspiring story of faith and fortitude, of an enclosed, contemplative community that found itself living through persecution and martyrdom, wars and revolutions, fire and earthquake, over six centuries of unbroken tradition and unyielding faith. This book celebrates the sexcentenary of that community in 2015.

Jones, Edward A.: -

Edward A. Jones is a Senior Applications Engineer with Efficient Power Conversion Corporation. He completed his Ph.D. at The University of Tennessee, where he was a Chancellor's Fellow, a CURENT Fellow, and a Bredesen Energy Sciences and Engineering Fellow. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed IEEE papers, an IEEE tutorial seminar, and a patent.

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ISBN 13	9780852448724
ISBN 10	0852448724
Title	A History of Syon Abbey
Author	Eddie Jones
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gracewing
Year published	2015-05-25
Number of pages	164
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