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Glossary

Carthusians

Monks from a contemplative order, which was founded in 1084 by St Bruno, at La Grande Chartreuse. The Carthusian way of life blended the coenobitic (community life) with the eremitic (the hermit’s way of life): the monks lived in individual cells within the monastery where they slept, ate and prayed, and came together for the Office and Mass and occasions such as funerals. The most notable Carthusian in England was Hugh of Lincoln, who was the prior of Witham (Lincolnshire) and later bishop of Lincoln.