Dartford Priory

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Dartford Priory was a prominent medieval Dominican nunnery in Dartford, Kent, known as one of the leading religious houses for the education and seclusion of high-born English women.

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Dartford Priory canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dominican nunnery ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
religious house ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary
dissolved 1539 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
educationRole religious education for aristocratic women ⓘ
training of noblewomen ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
founded 1355 ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
foundedBy Edward III of England ⓘ
genderOfCommunity female ⓘ
governedBy prioress ⓘ
hasCommunityType contemplative nuns ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval monastic site ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance important center of female religious life in medieval England ⓘ
major house for English Dominican nuns ⓘ
hasType enclosed convent ⓘ
historicalCounty Kent ⓘ
knownFor royal patronage ⓘ
strict observance of Dominican rule ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Dartford ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
notableStatus leading English Dominican nunnery ⓘ
one of the most important nunneries in medieval England ⓘ
partOf English monastic system ⓘ
preReformationStatus Catholic religious house ⓘ
primaryFunction education of high-born English women ⓘ
seclusion of high-born English women ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bridget of York → educatedAt → Dartford Priory ⓘ
Bridget of York → memberOf → Dartford Priory ⓘ
Bridget of York → deathPlace → Dartford Priory ⓘ
Bridget of York → burialPlace → Dartford Priory ⓘ