Robert Dunning Livres

Focusing on the historical development of religious foundations in the diocese of Bath and Wells, the study explores 28 establishments from the 6th century onwards. It begins with significant early foundations like Glastonbury and Muchelney, providing a chronological analysis of their evolution and impact on the region's spiritual landscape.

Owners of estates and titles in the peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland were more, rather than less, likely than ordinary people to experience dramatic and gruesome deaths and certainly more likely to have them recorded.