Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- Dedcation
- BOOK I THE LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENTS
- BOOK II THE LIBRARIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER I FOUNDATION AND GROWTH OF THE MONASTIC LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER II THE LIBRARIES OF THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER III THE LIBRARIES OF THE GERMAN, FLEMISH, AND SWISS BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER IV THE LIBRARIES OF THE ITALIAN AND FRENCH BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER V THE LIBRARIES OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS
- CHAPTER VI THE ECONOMY OF THE MONASTIC LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER VII DECLINE OF LEARNING IN THE MONASTERIES
- CHAPTER VIII THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES AND DISPERSION OF THEIR LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER IX ROYAL, NOBLE, AND PLEBEIAN COLLECTORS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- BOOK III THE MODERN LIBRARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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CHAPTER VIII - THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES AND DISPERSION OF THEIR LIBRARIES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- Dedcation
- BOOK I THE LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENTS
- BOOK II THE LIBRARIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER I FOUNDATION AND GROWTH OF THE MONASTIC LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER II THE LIBRARIES OF THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER III THE LIBRARIES OF THE GERMAN, FLEMISH, AND SWISS BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER IV THE LIBRARIES OF THE ITALIAN AND FRENCH BENEDICTINES
- CHAPTER V THE LIBRARIES OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS
- CHAPTER VI THE ECONOMY OF THE MONASTIC LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER VII DECLINE OF LEARNING IN THE MONASTERIES
- CHAPTER VIII THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES AND DISPERSION OF THEIR LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER IX ROYAL, NOBLE, AND PLEBEIAN COLLECTORS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- BOOK III THE MODERN LIBRARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
- Plate section
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- Memoirs of LibrariesIncluding a Handbook of Library Economy, pp. 349 - 366Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1859