The Monastery

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This article is about novel by Sir Walter Scott. For TV series, see The Monastery (TV series). For the film, see The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun.

The Monastery
Author	Sir Walter Scott
Country	Scotland
Language	English, Lowland Scots
Series	Tales from Benedictine Sources
Genre(s)	Historical novel
Publisher	Longman
Publication date	1820
Media type	Print (Hardback)

The Monastery. A Romance (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with The Abbot, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan period (England).

[edit] Plot introduction

The action is centred around the Monastery of Kennaquhair, probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east Scotland, on the Tweed. At this time the Scottish Reformation is just beginning, and the monastery is in peril.

A love story is interwoven as the Glendinning boys fall in love with Mary Avenel. Edward ends up becoming a monk, and Halbert finally marries Mary, after service with the Earl of Murray.

[edit] Characters in "The Monastery"

Mary Avenel - noble orphan raised by Glendinnings
The Glendinnings
- Simon Glendinning - tenant of the monastery
- Halbert & Edward - Simon's sons
Sir Piercie/Percy Shafton - an English knight and refugee in Scotland from his Roman Catholic involvements in England
Father Eustace - subprior and later abbot of St. Mary's Kennaquhair

[edit] External links

The Monastery, available at Project Gutenberg.
The Monastery at Walter Scott Digital Archive, the University of Edinburgh library

v • d • e Works by Walter Scott

Novels:	Waverley (1814) • Guy Mannering (1815) • The Antiquary (1816) • The Black Dwarf (1816) • Old Mortality (1816) • Rob Roy (1817) • The Heart of Midlothian (1818) • The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) • A Legend of Montrose (1819) • Ivanhoe (1819) • The Monastery (1820) • The Abbot (1820) • Kenilworth (1821) • The Pirate (1821) • The Fortunes of Nigel (1822) • Peveril of the Peak (1823) • Quentin Durward (1823) • St. Ronan's Well (1823) • Redgauntlet (1824) • The Betrothed (1825) • The Talisman (1825) • Woodstock (1826) • Chronicles of the Canongate (1827) • The Fair Maid of Perth (1828) • Anne of Geierstein (1829) • Count Robert of Paris (1831) • Castle Dangerous (1831)