Medieval monastic education

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Medieval monastic education

edited by George Ferzoco and Carolyn Muessig

Leicester University Press, 2000

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Bibliography: p. [199]-230

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works
  • The changing face of tradition : monastic education in the Middle Ages / George Ferzoco
  • Training for the liturgy as a form of monastic education / Susan Boynton
  • Besides the book : using the body to mould the mind : Cluny in the tenth and eleventh centuries / Isabelle Cochelin
  • A medieval novice's formation : reflection on a fifteenth-century manuscript at Doenside Abbey / Aidan Bellenger
  • The scope of learning within the cloisters of the English cathedral priories in the later Middle Ages / Joan Creatrex
  • University monks in late medieval England / James G. Clark
  • Hildegrad of Bingen's teaching in her Expositiones evangeliorum and Ordo virtum / Beverly Mayne Kienzle
  • Learning and mentoring in the twelfth century : Hildegard of Bingen and Harrad of Landsberg / Carolyn Muessig
  • Educating Heloise / W. G. East
  • The role of images in monstic education : the evidence from wall painting in late medieval England / Miriam Gill
  • Ghostly mentor, teacher of mysteries : Bartholomew, Guthlac and the Apostle's cult in early medieval England / Graham Jones
  • `Life, learning and wisdom' : the forms and functions of beguine education / Penelope Galloway
  • Franciscan educational perspectives : reworking monastic traditions / Bert Roest
  • Monastic educational culture revisited : the witness of Zwiefalten and the Hirsau reform / Constant J. Mews
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This study investigates monastic education and formation in male and female houses in Western Europe from the eighth to the sixteenth century. The fourteen chapters, written by well-known scholars, consider monastic education and practices in the geographical areas of England, France, Germany and the Low Countries.

Table of Contents

  • The changing face of tradition - monastic education in the Middle Ages, George Ferzoco
  • training for the liturgy as a form of monastic education, Susan Boynton
  • besides the book - using the body to mould the mind, Cluny in the 10th and 11th abbey, Isabelle Cochelin
  • a medieval novice's formation - reflection on a 15th century manuscript at Downside Abbey, Aiden Bellenger
  • the scope of learning within the cloisters of the English cathedral priories in the later Middle Ages, Joan Greatrex
  • university monks in late medieval England, James G. Clark
  • Hildegard of Bingen's teaching in her "Expositiones Evangeliorm" and "Ordo Virtutum", Beverly Mayne Kienzle
  • learning and mentoring in the 12th century - Hildegard of Bingen and Herrand of Landsberg, Carolyn Messing
  • educating Heliose, W.G. East
  • the role of images in monastic education - the evidence from wall painting in late medieval England, Miriam Gill
  • ghostly mentor, teaching of mysteries -Bartholomew, Guthlac and the Apostle's cult in early medieval England, Graham Jones
  • "life, learning and wisdom" - the forms and functions of beguine education, Penelope Galloway
  • Franciscan educational perspectives - reworking monastic traditions, Bert Roest
  • monastic educational culture revisited - the witness of Zwiefalten and the Hirsau reform, Constant Mews.

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