期刊名称：Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. SAIR
电子版ISSN：1473-3803
出版年度：2001
卷号：1
页码：13-13
出版社：Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
摘要：Dundrennan Abbey was founded by Fergus, Lord of
Galloway, in 1142 as a daughter house of the
Cistercian monastery of Rievaulxin North Yorkshire
(Scott 1988). Unfortunately, there is no
surviving monastic cartulary for Dundrennan and
the sporadic references to the abbey in such sources
as the Chronicle of Melrose (Stevenson 1991), the
Life of Ailred (Daniel 1978) and records transcribed
in the Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland
(Calendar) shed little light on its early history.
However, there can be little doubt that Fergus’
reasons in founding Dundrennan were, by and large,
the same as those held by monastic patrons throughout
medieval Christendom. In the 11th and 12th
centuries monastic patronage offered the aristocratic
benefactor both spiritual and temporal
benefits. By supporting a particular house and monastic
order a patron could seek to court the favour,
and thus the support, of an important religious and
political institution. No doubt this played some part
in persuading Fergus to found a religious house in
Galloway. In his choice of the Cistercian Order,
