Monks in Motion

A prosopographical study of the English and Welsh Benedictines in exile, 1553-1800.

English and Welsh Benedictines

Since 2015, the ‘Monks in Motion’ project team has been investigating the activities and membership of the English and Welsh Benedictines, 1553–1800, exploring their changing political role in transnational familial and intellectual networks.

The project will see the creation of an open source, searchable electronic database of all English and Welsh Benedictines from the period, including those who were early leavers or did not pass the selection process.

Our People

Monks in Motion is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The Arts and Humanities Research Council is for museums, libraries, archives and heritage organisations that support collaborative doctoral research students funded through the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme.