Exploring Medieval Monasteries, part 6

The impact of Viking raids, King Alfred’s fight back from Athelney; the founding of abbeys at Athelney and Shaftesbury; King Alfred’s Jewel; and, the emergence of a standard monastery design based on the St Gall plan. Main background image, cropped to 16:9 aspect ratio: : Steffen D, CC BY-SA 4.0 “King Alfred’s Monument, Athelney” by Simon Burchell is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 “Shaftesbury Abbey, ruins” by Chris Downer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 “Shaftesbury Abbey 3” by Bell and Jeff is licensed under CC BY 2.0