Emotional Monasticism: Affective Piety in the Eleventh-Century Monastery of John of Fcamp Mancia Lauren
'In this exciting study of F camp, Lauren Mancia looks "under the hood" of an apparently ordinary eleventh-century Benedictine monastery. What she discovers of its rich and intense emotional life…
Specifikacia Emotional Monasticism: Affective Piety in the Eleventh-Century Monastery of John of Fcamp Mancia Lauren
'In this exciting study of F camp, Lauren Mancia looks "under the hood" of an apparently ordinary eleventh-century Benedictine monastery. What she discovers of its rich and intense emotional life suggests new contours for the history of medieval "affective piety".'Barbara H. Rosenwein, Professor Emerita, Loyola University Chicago 'Emotional monasticism is a ground-breaking work of revisionist history that promises to have a profound influence on the study of Christian devotion in the Middle Ages.'Scott G. Bruce, Professor of Medieval History, Fordham UniversityHistorians have long taught that highly emotional Christian devotion, often called 'affective piety', originated in Europe after the twelfth century, and was primarily practiced by communities at mendicants, lay people and