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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814762303321

Autore

Constable Giles

Titolo

Three treatises from Bec on the nature of monastic life / / edited with introduction and notes by Giles Constable ; translated by Bernard S. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-8942-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Medieval Academy of America ; ; no. 109

Disciplina

255/.1

Soggetti

Abbots

History

Church history

Electronic books.

France Normandy

France

Normandy (France) Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Tractatus de professionibus monachorum = The professions of monks -- De professionibus abbatum = The professions of abbots -- De libertate Beccensis monasterii = On the liberty of the monastery of Bec.

Sommario/riassunto

The abbey of Bec was founded in the eleventh century and was one of the best-known and most influential monasteries in Normandy. Celebrated for its high standard of religious life and its intellectual activity, Bec also had an exceptional degree of institutional independence.The three treatises collected and translated in this volume - Tractatus de professionibus monachorum ('The Profession of Monks'), De professionibus abbatum ('The Profession of Abbots'), and De libertate Beccensis monasterii ('On the Liberty of the Monastery of Bec') - are a striking statement of the position of Bec in relation to episcopal and ducal (later royal) authorities. Little is known about the anonymous author of these works except that he was a twelfth-century



monk with an attachment to Augustine and Gregory the Great, and that he had considerable knowledge of canon law. His purpose in writing these treatises was to assert and justify the privileges of Bec at a time when many bishops were reacting against monastic freedom, especially with regard to profession.This volume is an important contribution to understanding not only monasticism in Normandy, but also the conflict between church and state in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.