Inchcolm Abbey and island
Fawcett, Richard1998
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The island sanctuary of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth, home to a hermit in the Dark Ages, emerged into prominence in 1123 when Alexander I was given shelter there during a storm. His resolve to build a monastery in grateful thanks for his deliverance was thwarted by his untimely death in the following year, and it was left to his successor, David I, to carry out his elder brother's wish. Established first as a priory for Augustinian canons, the island monastery was elevated to the status of a full abbey in 1235. But the community's peaceful prosperity was disrupted by the outbreak of the wars with England in 1296, and thereafter they found it difficult to sustain the daily round of worship in their watery home. The abbey's existence as a religious institution ended with the Reformation in 1560, but the island's history has continued down to the present century when it was heavily fortified as part of the defence of the Forth.
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Edition:
revised edition.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Historic Scotland, 1998.
Collation:
32p ill, colour photos
ISBN:
1900168510
Dewey class:
941.298726.7
Local class:
726.7INC
Language:
English
BRN:
3298166
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