Talk:Worcester Cathedral

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[edit] Messy layout

This page's images should be dealt with so they don't confuse the flow so much. Also, the section on "Monuments" seems a bit out there, considering only one is listed. Alekjds ^talk 01:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Benedictine priory is missing

The Benedictine priory at the cathedral is nowhere mentioned in this article. There were monks and nuns at the Cathedral since the 7th century (see Bede). The monastery became Benedictine in the 2nd half of the 10th century (one author gives the time range 974-7, another considers 969 more likely). The Benedictine monks were driven out at 18 January 1540 and replaced by secular canons. There is an important connection to Fleury as Oswald, bishop of Worcester 961-92, being prior at the same time, was professed at Fleury and introduced the monastric rule of Fleury to Worcester. Likewise important is the former monastic library of Worcester which had a considerable number of manuscripts which are, among other libraries, now scattered over Cambridge, London (British Library), Oxford Bodleian, and the Cathredral library at Worcester of today. Literature:

• N. R. Ker (Ed.): Medieval Libraries of Great Britain. Royal Historical Society, 1964. Pages 205-215.
• David Knowles and R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses: England & Wales. Longman, 1971. Page 81.
• Wolfgang Braunfels: Monasteries of Western Europe. Thames and Hudson, 1972. Page 154.

--AFBorchert 19:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is this here? Put it in the article!!! Great work. SECisek 21:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)