| The Benedictines in the Middle Ages Contributor(s): Clark, James G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843836238 ISBN-13: 9781843836230 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Monasticism - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| LCCN: 2011284111 |
| Series: Monastic Orders |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.55 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin middle ages. Their liturgical practice, and their acquired taste for learning, served as a model for the medieval church as a whole: while new orders arose, they took some of their customs, and their observant and spiritual outlook, from the 'Regula Benedicti'. The Benedictines may also be counted among the founders of medieval Europe. In many regions of the continent they created, or consolidated, the first Christian communities; they also directed the development of their social organisation, economy, and environment, and exerted a powerful influence on their emerging cultural and intellectual trends. This book, the first comparative study of its kind, follows the Benedictine Order over eleven centuries, from their early diaspora to the challenge of continental reformation. Dr James G. Clark teaches in the Department of History at the University of Bristol. |
Contributor Bio(s): Clark, James G.: - Professor of History, University of Exeter having previously graduated from Bristol and Oxford. |