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The world of medieval monasticism : its history and forms of life

Title
The world of medieval monasticism : its history and forms of life / Gert Melville ; translated by James Mixson ; foreword by Giles Constable.
Author
Melville, Gert
Publication
  • Athens, Ohio : Cistercian Publications ; Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
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Additional Authors
Constable, Giles
Description
xvii, 444 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Series Statement
Cistercian studies series ; number 263
Uniform Title
  • Cistercian studies series ; no. 263.
  • Welt der mittelalterlichen Klöster. English
Alternative Title
Welt der mittelalterlichen Klöster.
Subject
  • Monasticism and religious orders > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  • Monasticism and religious orders > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  • Monastic and religious life > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  • Monks > Europe > Social conditions
  • Europe > Church history > 600-1500
Note
  • Translated from the German.
  • Translation of: Die Welt der mittelalterlichen Klöster.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-431) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
Contents
The beginnings -- The Benedictine Rule and its longevity -- The flowering of the Benedictines -- Return to the desert -- The regular canons: the clergy's new self-understanding -- The Cistercians: collegiality instead of hierarchy -- The success of the Cistercian model -- Diversity and competition -- New concepts of belief -- The Franciscans: a mendicant order with the whole world as its monastery -- The Dominicans: holy preaching and pastoral care -- Transformations of eremitical life -- A new chapter in the story of the Vita religiosa -- Mendicant orders in conflict: struggles over poverty and observance -- Reformers and reforms at the end of the Middle Ages -- A look back -- Fundamental structures of the Vita religiosa in the Middle Ages.
Call Number
JFD 16-1846
ISBN
  • 9780879072636
  • 0879072636
  • 9780879074999 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015034630
OCLC
919104422
Author
Melville, Gert, author.
Title
The world of medieval monasticism : its history and forms of life / Gert Melville ; translated by James Mixson ; foreword by Giles Constable.
Publisher
Athens, Ohio : Cistercian Publications ; Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cistercian studies series ; number 263
Cistercian studies series ; no. 263.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-431) and indexes.
Language
Translated from the German.
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Added Author
Constable, Giles, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
JFD 16-1846
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