@ ' Monks and Monasteries '
E. A. CRADDOCK
' Guests, who shall be honourable people, on repairing to the house shall be received, and, as is fitting, let them be welcomed with an appearance of pleasure apd joy'. This was one of the regulations in force at Newstead Priory, an English monastery, in the middle of the thirteenth century. Another was: ' In the infirmary, for the ministration and relief of the sick, our honest and faithful servant with a boy under him shall be put, and he shall suffice to perform the welcome and set duties for the sick..... Also there shall be provided for the sick food suited to their complaints.'
Today's broadcast will tell listeners about the monks of the Middle Ages, the many-sided life of the monasteries and their influence. A visit will be paid to the abbey of St. Albans.