Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth

Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth - Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History

In the following pages an attempt is made to describe the ruins of Mellifont as they now appear, and to explain the uses, or probable uses, that the buildings yet remaining must have served when the monks dwelt there. Obviously, some important structural alterations were made when changing the venerable Abbey into a fortified residence; nevertheless the ruins exhibit, on the whole, the characteristics of the primitive plan and style in which Mellifont, as well as all the Cistercian monasteries both in this country and on the Continent, were built. The explanation is founded on reliable authority, being gleaned from most authentic sources, such as, Les Monuments Primitifs de La Rgle Cistercienne, which is a copy of the Rule drawn up by the Founders of the Order; the Monasticon Cisterciense; Violet Le Duc; Jubainville, Etudes sur lEtat intrieur des Abbayes Cisterciennes au XII. et au XIII. sicle; Meglinger, Iter Cisterciense; La Vie de Saint Bernard, by Vacandard, etc. As no Records, or Chronicles of Mellifont now exist, the historical part of the compilation has been derived from different sources, chiefly from our old AnnalsThe Annals of the Four Masters; those of Boyle, of St. Marys Abbey, Dublin; Clyn and Dowlings; and of Clonmacnois; [Pg vi]Wares Bishops, etc.; the Miscellany of the Archological Society; Usshers Sylloge; Morrins Calendars of Patent Rolls, etc. The part relating to disciplinary subjects was drawn principally from Martnes Thesaurus Anecdotorum, Vol. IV., which contains the Decrees of the General Chapter of the Cistercian Order, also, from the Constitutiones et Privilegia, Menologium, and the Fasiculus Sanctorum Ordinis Cisterciensis, by Henriquez; Originum Cisterciensium, tom. I, Janauschek; lHistoire de La Trappe, Gaillardin, etc. The vindication of monks in general, from the aspersions cast on them by their enemies, and the facts appertaining to the Rebellion of 1641, are borrowed exclusively from Protestant sources,Dugdales Monasticon Anglicanum, Tanners Notitia Monastica, Maitlands Dark Ages, Lelands History of Ireland, Temples History of the Insurrection, 1641, Tichbornes History of the Siege of Drogheda, Cartes Ormond, etc. These by no means exhaust the list of authors consulted and utilised, but they show how far apart the pieces lay which have been stitched together to form a consecutive narrative. The compiler has endeavoured to compress the matter into the smallest possible space in order to make the little book accessible to all at a moderate price; and he has preferred to allow others to speak rather than to thrust his own opinions on the reader. Finally, he has borne in mind throughout, the trite saying, Magna est Veritas et prvalebit. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 38999
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: Feb 27, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English