The English monastic experience, 15th - 21st centuries: Syon Abbey at 600

15 世纪至 21 世纪的英国修道院体验：600 年前的锡永修道院

• 批准号: AH/M005674/1
• 负责人: Eddie Jones
• 金额: $ 4.61万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM005674%2F1
• 关键词: English; monastic; experience; 15th; 21st

Syon Abbey is the only English religious house that can trace its history in an unbroken line from the Middle Ages to the present day. The monastery, for 60 nuns and 12 priests under the authority of an abbess, was founded in 1415, the last foundation of medieval England, and one of the richest. The Abbey was not dissolved under Henry VIII. Instead the community went into exile, living at a succession of sites in Holland and France (as well as a short-lived restoration under Queen Mary) before settling in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1594. There they remained until the 19th century, when increased religious toleration allowed them to return to England. They stayed at several locations in South-West England, before settling near South Brent in Devon. The Abbey finally closed in 2011, though the three surviving sisters continue its traditions in retirement.That long and complicated narrative, that traverses much of northern Europe through periods of enormous religious, social and political change, presents a daunting challenge to anyone proposing a comprehensive history of England's last medieval monastery. But the opportunity Syon Abbey represents to bring together the whole, diverse range of scholarship on the English monastic experience across six centuries is not to be passed up.In Syon's sexcenentary year, the project will take substantial steps towards making that comprehensive history a reality. We will develop a research network that, collectively, has the expertise to encompass the whole of Syon's lengthy history, and that will foster conversations among scholars whose specialisms (in different disciplines and time periods) more commonly keep them apart. We will also bring people from outside the academic community into those conversations, including amateur historians, archivists and other custodians of Syon's material legacy, and current members of the religious orders. At the centre of the network will be a series of three workshops, to be held at the three principal sites associated with Syon Abbey: Syon House, Lisbon and Exeter. But the project will also face outward, through general-interest talks, exhibitions, and a public commemoration held in the meadows of Syon House (London), within the outline of the foundations of the medieval Abbey.

Syon修道院是英国唯一一个可以追溯其从中世纪到现在的完整历史的宗教建筑。这座修道院建于1415年，有60名修女和12名牧师，由一名女修道院院长领导，是中世纪英格兰最后的基础，也是最富有的修道院之一。亨利八世在位时，修道院并未解散。相反，该社区流亡，在荷兰和法国的一系列地点生活（以及在玛丽女王统治下的短暂恢复），然后于1594年在里斯本（葡萄牙）定居。在那里，他们一直呆到世纪，当增加宗教宽容允许他们返回英国。他们住在英格兰西南部的几个地方，然后在德文郡的南布伦特附近定居。修道院最终于2011年关闭，但幸存的三位姐妹篇在退休后仍继续着修道院的传统。这段漫长而复杂的故事贯穿了北方欧洲的大部分地区，经历了宗教、社会和政治的巨大变革，对于任何想全面了解英格兰最后一座中世纪修道院历史的人来说，都是一个艰巨的挑战。但是，西昂修道院所代表的机会，是将六个世纪以来英国修道院经历的各种学术研究汇集在一起的机会，不容错过。在西昂的六十年里，该项目将朝着实现这一全面历史迈出实质性的步伐。我们将开发一个研究网络，共同拥有涵盖整个Syon漫长历史的专业知识，这将促进学者之间的对话，他们的专业（在不同的学科和时间段）通常使他们分开。我们还将把学术界以外的人带入这些对话，包括业余历史学家，档案管理员和其他西恩物质遗产的保管人，以及宗教团体的现任成员。在该网络的中心将是一系列的三个讲习班，将在三个主要地点举行与西恩修道院：西恩楼，里斯本和埃克塞特。但该项目也将面向外部，通过一般利益的会谈，展览，并在西恩楼（伦敦）的草地举行的公共纪念活动，在中世纪修道院的基础轮廓。

项目成果

England's Last Medieval Monastery: Syon Abbey 1415-2015

英格兰最后的中世纪修道院：锡永修道院 1415-2015

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Jones E A

Continuity and Change

连续性与变化

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Andersson E