This detailed history of the Abbey of St. Albans, originally published in 1911, covers its founding in the 8th century to its dissolution by Henry VIII in the 16th century. Vivian Hunter Galbraith explores the political, social, and religious context of the abbey, as well as its architectural and artistic legacy.

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