Talk:Abbey
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There are lots more illustrations yet, which I'll be adding in the next few days. Some are not small. I'm going to split the page up into Abbey, Abbey (2), Abbey (3) etc. so we don't have a megabyte sized page. Unless anyone has a better idea for the nomenclature of the subdivided pages? Malcolm Farmer
Seems like the natural split is to split it into individual articles about each abbey, at the existing subheads (Clairveaux, Kirkstall, etc.) --LDC
..OK, seems reasonable.. Malcolm Farmer
You might want to build a reorganization around a disambig page that would also reference Abbey Theatre, Abbey Road, etc. GreatWhiteNortherner 11:12, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
"Monastery" is redirecting here. That should be changed, since "monastery" is applicable to several religions, whereas "abbey" is not. (see for instance Monasticism) for a broader definition). Maybe "Monasticism" and "Monastery" should be merged into a single article, or "Monastery" should become a disambiguation page. olivier 03:56 Dec 2, 2002 (UTC)
Nunnery
I had heard that the term "nunnery" in Shakespeare's era was commonly slang for brothel. That Hamlet's dismissal of Ophelia, "Get thee to a nunnery" would have been a widely understood double entendre.
However, it's only hearsay for me, I'd prefer to find some scholarly substantiation before editing the main article with this.
Anyone?
JimD 21:24, 2004 May 3 (UTC)
- Is there no article yet on Anticlericalism? --Wetman 19:26, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Organizing
A look at "What links here" shows how huge this article is capable of becoming. Perhaps each Order should have a brief paragraph here, with a note Main article at... Bulleted under it, perhaps a linked list of individual abbeys, with a sentence of founding, location, historical importance. Should the abbeys be grouped by general location, within each order? Perhaps later: an easy job. Similarly condensed abstracts of further articles should follow the layout of the Orders. I can think of Abbey (architecture) and Abbey (scriptorium), for examples. --Wetman 19:26, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)