| The Vocation of Service to God and Neighbour: Essays on the Interests, Involvements and Problems of Religious Communities and Their Members in Medieva Contributor(s): Greatrex, Geoffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 2503507417 ISBN-13: 9782503507415 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: The impingement of monastery on marketplace provides the unifying theme for this collection of nine research papers. Separation from the world, for most members of religious orders in the Middle Ages, did not imply isolation from the rest of society but, rather, a new spirituality and relationship with the wider society. This collection examines the intellectual activities of the religious orders in both university and cloister; the traumatic effects of the enforced return to secular life of thousands of men and women religious in England when monastic life was brought to an abrupt end in 1540; the monk's pastoral role among the laity; and the extent to which rural English nunneries were both rooted in the local community and dependent on foreign supervision. Work here on the friars concludes that the hostility between Franciscans and Benedictines has been overstated and that some German Dominicans risked their reputations in their involvement with contemporary heterodox movements among the laity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 271.009 |
| LCCN: 99166722 |
| Series: International Medieval Research |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.2" W x 9.56" (0.65 lbs) 158 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: The impingement of monastery on marketplace provides the unifying theme for this collection of nine research papers. Separation from the world, for most members of religious orders in the Middle Ages, did not imply isolation from the rest of society but, rather, a new spirituality orientated relationship which took different forms in different times and circumstances. Three of the contributors are concerned with particular aspects of the intellectual activities of the religious orders in both university and cloister. Two others examine the traumatic effects of the enforced return to secular life of thousands of men and women religious in England when monastic life was brought to an abrupt end in 1540. An individual monk's pastoral role among the laity is explored and evaluated in one paper, while another reveals the extent to which a rural English nunnery was both rooted in the local community and dependent on foreign supervision. Problems encountered by the friars are discussed by two other contributors who, on the basis of their recent research, conclude that the hostility between Franciscans and Benedictines has been overstated and that some German Dominicans risked their reputations in their involvement with contemporary heterodox movements among the laity. |