The Arts In Berwick -- Religion
Holy Island Priory

By the time Cuthbert had been re-located to a new shrine in Durham Holy Island Priory was a backwater, the creative days long over.

A grand church had been built (1122-50) modeled on Durham to house a cenotaph marking the original grave of Cuthbert, but the monks spent more on armour and weapons for defence than they did on writing materials. The glory days were over.

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