The Monastery

The Monastery

infobox Book |
name = The Monastery


author = Sir Walter Scott
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country = Scotland
language = English, Lowland Scots
series = Tales from Benedictine Sources
genre = Historical novel
publisher = Longman
release_date = 1820
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages =
isbn =
preceded_by =
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"The Monastery. A Romance" (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with "The Abbot", it is one of Scott's "Tales from Benedictine Sources" and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan period (England).

Plot introduction

The action is centred around the Monastery of Kennaquhair, probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east Scotland, on the Tweed. At this time the Scottish Reformation is just beginning, and the monastery is in peril.

A love story is interwoven as the Glendinning boys fall in love with Mary Avenel. Edward ends up becoming a monk, and Halbert finally marries Mary, after service with the Earl of Murray.

Characters in "The Monastery"

* Mary Avenel - noble orphan raised by Glendinnings
* The Glendinnings
** Simon Glendinning - tenant of the monastery
** Halbert & Edward - Simon's sons
* Sir Piercie/Percy Shafton - an English knight and refugee in Scotland from his Roman Catholic involvements in England
* Father Eustace - subprior and later abbot of St. Mary's Kennaquhair

External links

*gutenberg|no=6406
* [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/novels/monastery.html "The Monastery"] at [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/ Walter Scott Digital Archive] , the University of Edinburgh library


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