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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812573903321

Autore

Cline Ruth Harwood

Titolo

The Congregation of Tiron : monastic contributions to trade and communication in twelfth-century France and Britain / / by Ruth Harwood Cline [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-64189-359-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Spirituality and monasticism, east and west

Disciplina

271.79

Soggetti

Monasticism and religious orders - France - 12th century

Monasticism and religious orders - Great Britain - 12th century

France Church history 12th century

Great Britain Church history 12th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. The Appearance of Tiron within Church Reform and Monastic Reform from the Eleventh Century -- Chapter 2. The Tironensian Identity -- Chapter 3. Bernard of Abbeville and Tiron's Foundation -- Chapter 4. William of Poitiers and His Successors -- Chapter 5. Expansion in France -- Chapter 6. Expansion in the British Isles -- Chapter 7. The Later History -- Appendix 1. Comparison of the Papal Confirmations -- Appendix 2. Disputes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Tironensian Places -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tiron was a reformed Benedictine congregation founded ca. 1109 by Bernard of Abbeville. Though little known to medieval and religious historians, this in-depth study shows how it expanded from obscurity in the forests of the Perche to become an international congregation with headquarters in Chartres and Paris and abbeys and priories in France and the British Isles. The congregation become noted for building, crafts, education, and horse-breeding. Tiron preceded the Cistercians in Britain and traded in rising towns, and by 1147 it had a centrally-controlled network of riverine and coastal properties



connecting its production hubs with towns and ports.