The Monastery Chapter 9 Part 1

In which the harsh life led by unruly retainers called jack-men, loyal to their chiefs yet living by plunder, is brought vividly to light through the visit of the insolent Christie of the Clinthill to Dame Glendinning’s tower, where tensions rise between secular force and the Church’s authority. The Sub-Prior’s determined defence of sacred rights, a gentle exchange over a precious book, and the looming shadows of heresy and discord in Scotland’s troubled times are delicately unfolded amidst the raw November landscape.