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The Last Abbey:

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TLpq2404635703

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The Last Abbey:

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Osborne, Kristin O'Neill

Title Proper by Another Author

Crossrgauel Abbey and the Scottish Reformation

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Baernstein, Renee

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Miami University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2020

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

78

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

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Miami University

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2020

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Crossraguel Abbey, located in rural southwest Scotland, was one of the last remaining monasteries following the Reformation. Its story of survival past years of religious turmoil reveals a nuanced and complicated reaction to the Scottish Reformation, which stemmed from noble protection and devout faith in Catholicism. The community benefited from a very close relationship with the Kennedy family, who were the Earls of Cassillis and wealthy landowners. This community still possessed spiritual and financial power in their region despite years of monastic degradation across Scotland. This influence afforded them the privilege to work closely with the Kennedys to ensure their survival. It was the Kennedy family's protection that enabled the abbot, Quintin Kennedy, to mount a resistance to Protestantism beginning in 1558. This resistance came through publications and debates launched by the abbot and later through a continuation of Catholic traditions by the monks. The intrinsic interest in Catholicism that existed throughout the community confirms that the Reformation was a slow and often messy process. This thesis shows how a Catholic community relied on lay protection, resisted the reformed religion, and reacted to the end of a long tradition whilst securing its place in an increasingly Protestant landscape.

Aristocracy

Crossraguel Abbey

History

Monastery

Reformation

Scotland

Baernstein, Renee

Osborne, Kristin O'Neill

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[Thesis]

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