In many ways a model book. It is a model of careful scholarship, of caution in its conclusions, of thoroughness in its research, in the way it neatly mortars a sturdy brick to the existing architecture of Benedictine scholarship.
ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY
Contributes importantly to the ongoing debates about the Reformation and the medieval heritage of monasticism, and the ... Read morecontribution of the abbeys to taste and fashion in wider material culture.
LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2007
This magnificent book is both a regional study of much more than local significance and an art historical book that tells us much about late medieval monasticism. [It] is a major achievement.
SOUTHERN HISTORY
Luxford's book provides much new material to consider and by taking the concept of patronage as a motivation, he has found ways of approaching the subject unrealised in previous studies. This is surely a model to emulate.
SEHEPUNKTE
A pioneering work.
REVUE BENEDICTINE
A rewarding read. [The author] has shone a bright light on late medieval Benedictine monasticism and persuasively argued for its strength and integrity. [...] He has created a new standard, transforming the way in which such studies must be conducted in the future.
THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE
An interesting book which would be a useful reference document for the church historian. TRANSACTIONS, Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
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