Further to my post Ghost stories from fourteenth century Yorkshire about a collection of ghost stories written down by a Cistercian monk of Byland Abbey in Yorkshire about 1400 I see that the British Library’s Medieval manuscripts blog has a very useful commentary on the stories and draws out how they had a didactic purpose in promoting confession and repentance, as well as being recorded, or at least located, in local villages. The illustrated blog post can be seen at Byland Abbey ghost stories: a guide to medieval ghosts
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