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VI.—The Abbot's House at Battle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2011

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Hospitality was an important feature of all religious orders and for this purpose there was generally provided accommodation for distinguished visitors, ordinary travellers, and poor people, in all the larger houses. The distinguished guest was the direct responsibility of the superior, and in all the greater Benedictine monasteries he was provided with an independent house for his own lodging and for the entertainment of such guests.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1933

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