Medieval monasticism : forms of religious life in western Europe in the Middle Ages
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Medieval monasticism : forms of religious life in western Europe in the Middle Ages
Longman, 1989
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For a thousand years the monasteries and religious orders played a major role in the society, economy and culture of the west. This book traces the Western monastic tradition in its social context, from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through to the many and various forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. This new edition contains new work on: monastic studies and the relationship between the cloister and the schools; on the controversy between the Benedictines and the spokesmen of the reformed monasticism of the twelfth century; and on the social composition of the nunneries and the particular problems that confronted women in the religious life.
Table of Contents
1. The Call of the Desert. 2. The Rule of St Benedict. 3. Wandering Saints and Princely Patrons. 4. England and the Continent. 5. The Emperor and the Rule. 6. The Age of Cluny. 7. The Cloister and the World. 8. The Quest for the Primitive. 9. The Cistercian Model. 10. A New Kind of Knighthood. 11. Sisters or Handmaidens. 12. The Friars. 13. Epilogue:The Individual and the Community. Glossary. Index.
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