Living and Dying in England: 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience Book

	List of Figures
	List of Maps
	List of Tables
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
I	Charity	7
1	Perceptions of Monastic Almsgiving	7
2	Monastic Almsgiving from Ordinary Income	9
3	Monastic Almsgiving from Special Funds	23
II	Diet	34
1	The Problems	34
2	The Sample	36
3	Benedictine Diet, Regular and Irregular	33
4	Arrangements at Westminster Abbey	41
III	Sickness and its Treatment	72
1	The Empirical Approach	72
2	The Monastic Community at Westminster Abbey	73
3	The Treatment of Sickness at the Abbey	81
4	Morbidity in the Monastic Community at Westminster Abbey	99
5	The Diseases	108
IV	Mortality	112
1	The Problems	112
2	Mortality at Christ Church, Canterbury, 1395-1505	114
3	Mortality at Westminster Abbey, 1390-1529	115
4	The Fatal Diseases	129
5	The Population Trend in Late Medieval England	142
V	Servants	146
1	Perspectives	146
2	Monastic Households	148
3	Servant Life	154
4	Earnings at Westminster Abbey	163
VI	Corrodies	179
1	Perceptions Old and New	179
2	The Main Kinds of Corrody	181
3	Grants in General	184
4	Grants in Exchange for Real Property	192
5	Grants in Exchange for Money	198
6	The Age and Marital Status of Corrodians	207
	Epilogue	210
	Appendix I Charitable Giving at Westminster Abbey, c.1510-c.1530	214
	Appendix II Catering in the Refectory and Misericord at Westminster Abbey C.1495-c.1525: Numbers and Messes	216
	Appendix III. Apothecaries, Physicians, and Surgeons Employed by the Abbot and Convent of Westminster, C.1300-1540	231
	Appendix IV. Estimating the Life-Expectancy of the Monks of Westminster	236
	Appendix V. Corrodians of Westminster Abbey, 1100-1540	239
	Bibliography	252
	Index	269