High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Abbeys, priories and friaries were present in great numbers in Britain in the 12th and 13th centuries. They were all types of religious houses (or monasteries) that accommodated monks, friars or nuns who had taken vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. The communities were led by an abbot or abbess, or by a prior or prioress. Despite the vow of poverty, many of the institutions had become very rich through donations, bequests, and the acquisition of land and property. But by the 14th century decline had set in, hastened by the Black Death in the middle of the century. By the early 16th century, some of the communities had become very small, and they were formally closed, their wealth being used to endow grammar schools and colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности....

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