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Notes on the Contributors v
Notes on the President viii
Presidential Address. R.W. Banks and the Cambrian Archaeological Association by R. W. D. Fenn 1
Cistercians in Wales and the West
Preface to Cistercians in Wales and the West by Madeleine Gray 17
Homines sanctitatis eximiae, religionis consummatae: the Cistercians in England and Wales by Janet Burton 27
The location and siting of Cistercian houses in Wales and the West by James Bond 51
Patrons and patronage among the Cistercians in Wales by Huw Pryce 81
‘A better and frugal life': Llanllugan and the Cistercians women's houses in Wales by Madeleine Gray and John Morgan-Guy 97
Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester (the Red Earl) and the Cistercians of south-east Wales by F. G. Cowley 115
Cistercians and the urban community at Neath by Tony Hopkins 125
Conservation and investigation at Cwmhir Abbey, Powys by Sian E. Rees, Nigel W. Jones and Robert J. Silvester 133
Medieval Cistercian seals with special reference to 'hand-and-staff' seals by David H. Williams 153
Ruined abbeys in romantic landscapes by Donald Moore 179
Reviews and Notices
Reviews 215
Periodical Literature on Wales, 2004 235
The Cambrian Archaeological Association 244
Index 283