title: The Medieval Monastery (Shire Library)
author:  Roger Rosewell 
description: Roger Rosewell is a former journalist, and News and Features Editor of Vidimus, the free online magazine about stained glass. He has studied medieval ecclesiastical art in detail and is the author of Medieval Wall Paintings.
zlib_text: The
  
  Rose
  
  Rent
  
  The Thirteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint
  Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury.
  
  Ellis Peters
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_002.html#filepos2618)
  
  [Chapter Two](index_split_003.html#filepos39518)
  
  [Chapter Three](index_split_004.html#filepos75419)
  
  [Chapter Four](index_split_005.html#filepos104810)
  
  [Chapter Five](index_split_006.html#filepos133789)
  
  [Chapter Six](index_split_007.html#filepos165112)
  
  [Chapter Seven](index_split_008.html#filepos196795)
  
  [Chapter Eight](index_split_009.html#filepos234975)
  
  [Chapter Nine](index_split_010.html#filepos264268)
  
  [Chapter Ten](index_split_011.html#filepos297871)
  
  [Chapter Eleven](index_split_012.html#filepos326280)
  
  [Chapter Twelve](index_split_013.html#filepos361428)
  
  [Chapter Thirteen](index_split_014.html#filepos401199)
  
  [Chapter Fourteen](index_split_015.html#filepos433060)
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  Chapter One
  
  BY REASON OF the prolonged cold, which lingered far into April, and had
  