Virtual Refectory: Monks and Monasteries
How monks behaving badly led to the richest Cistercian abbey in Englandβ¦
Morning you lovely lot,
As you read this (if youβre an early bird to my postings, anyway), Iβll be wandering around Durham Cathedral giving tours after a day at Ripon Cathedral and Fountains Abbey yesterday.
Therefore, I wanted to give you a quick bit of background information to these two latter sites. Why? Well, they are extremely connected as, Did You Know (?!), Fountains would never actually have existed without Ripon? Hereβs how the story goesβ¦
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