History coursework on sources
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How useful are sources A-H in our investigation of the changing role of Fountains Abbey? Candidate number- 3145 Source A is a letter from the Archbishop Thurston of York to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1132. It tells us about the events that are taking place at Saint Mary's where the Monks originally came from, he explains about how the monks are living their lives in the monastery and he promotes the idea of Fountains Abbey because he thinks they would benefit from it. The source doesn't tell us exactly the events that are taking place at Saint Mary's and he cannot tell us because he is an outsider looking in on Saint Mary's. The source does tell us what Fountains role is hoped to be, and that is a new home for the monks to escape from the lack in roles at their previous Monastery and a chance to live in...

