New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant.

Introduction
The Social Networks of Late Medieval Welsh Monasteries - Karen Stober
Cistercian Hospitality in the Later Middle Ages - Julie Kerr
Cistercians and Border Conflicts: Some Comparisons between the Experiences of Scotland and Pomerania - Emilia Jamroziak
`Not a Thing for a Stranger to Enter Upon': the Selection of Monastic Superiors in Late Medieval and Tudor England - Martin Heale
Patronage, Prestige and Politics: the Observant Franciscans at Adare - Colmán Ó Clabaigh
The Augustinian Priory of Wombridge and its Benefactors in the Later Middle Ages - Andrew Abram
The Rising Price of Piety in the Later Middle Ages - Michael Hicks
Looking for Medieval Nuns - Janet Burton
Quhat say ye now, my lady priores: How have ye usit your office, can ye ges?: Politics, Power and Realities of the Office of a Prioress in her Community in Late Medieval ScotlandCommunity in Late Medieval Scotland - Kimm Curran
Monasteries and Secular Education in Late Medieval England - James G. Clark
`Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for our God': the Carthusians and Community in Late Medieval England - Glyn Coppack
Early Franciscan Legislation and Lay Society -
The Austin Friars in Late Medieval Canterbury: Negotiating Spaces - Sheila Sweetinburgh
Monasteries in Medieval Cornwall: Mediocrity or Merit? - Nicholas Orme
Monasteries and Society in Sixteenth-Century Yorkshire: the Last Years of Roche Abbey - Claire Cross