This book catalogues many aspects of the lives of Cistercian monks and nuns in England in the decades immediately prior to, and during, the suppression of the monasteries. Chapters include listings and maps of the monasteries and convents covered, together with discussion of their buildings, officers, abbots, secular communities, economy, uprisings that they were involved in and the process and aftermath of the suppression itself. Some parts of the book, such as the section on the economy, are frustratingly patchy: we are presented with a series of facts and quotations from various archives, but with little attempt made either to present a systematic analysis, or to demonstrate how the foundations discussed here compare with other orders or other secular households. The text is also marred by frequent typesetting or proof-checking errors, including the repetition of some material in places. However, the volume brings together a considerable body of evidence and will prove a useful source for scholars of the period, not least in its biographical appendices listing all known Cistercian monks and nuns of the period.