Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages Lawrence C. H.
Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages Lawrence C. H. Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the…
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Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages Lawrence C. H.
Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. In this book many of them, together with their supporters and critics, are presented to us and speak their minds to us. It explores the relationship between monasteries and the secular world around them.For a thousand years, the great monastic houses and religious orders were a prominent feature of the social landscape of the West, and their leaders figured as much in the political as on the spiritual map of the medieval world.
A detailed glossary offers readers a helpful vocabulary We are shown, for instance, the controversy between the Benedictines and the reformed monasticism of the twelfth century and the problems that confronted women in religious life.
Europe in the High Middle Ages