The world of medieval monasticism : its history and forms of life / / Gert Melville ; translated by James D. Mixson ; foreword by Giles Constable

• Autore: Melville Gert
• Pubblicazione: Collegeville, Minnesota : , : Cistercian Publications : , : Liturgical Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 271.009/02
• Soggetto topico: Monasticism and religious orders - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500; Monastic and religious life - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500; Monks - Europe - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Church history 600-1500
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MixsonJames D.; ConstableGiles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Giles Constable; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Translator's Note; 1. The Beginnings; 2. The Benedictine Rule and Its Longevity; 3. The Flowering of the Benedictines; 4. Return to the Desert; 5. The Regular Canons: The Clergy's New Self-Understanding; 6. The Cistercians: Collegiality Instead of Hierarchy; 7. The Success of the Cistercian Model; 8. Diversity and Competition; 9. New Concepts of Belief; 10. The Franciscans: A Mendicant Order with the Whole World as Its Monastery; 11. The Dominicans: Holy Preaching and Pastoral Care ; 12. Transformations of Eremitical Life13. A New Chapter in the Story of the Vita Religiosa; 14. Mendicant Orders in Conflict: Struggles over Poverty and Observance; 15. Reformers and Reforms at the End of the Middle Ages; 16. A Look Back; 17. Fundamental Structures of the Vita Religiosa in the Middle Ages; Chronology; Map; Bibliography; Image Credits; Retreat from the World; The Establishment of Monastic Communities; The First Monasteries in Europe; Benedict as "Textual Trace"; The Rule of Saint Benedict; The Career of Benedict and His Rule ; The Second Benedict and the Reform of the Frankish MonasteriesA New Beginning in Lotharingia; Cluny: The Establishment of Monastic Liberty; The "Cluniac Church": A Congregation of Monasteries; Ordo Cluniacensis; Church for the World; Monastic Life in Service of King and Nobility, Pope and Bishop; The New Hermits; To Live by One's Own Law; Charismatic Preaching and Religious Movements; A Return to the Institutions of the Church; Robert's Path from Molesme to Cîteaux and Back; The Measure of the Pure Rule; The Charter of Charity and the Invention of the "Order" ; From the Premonstratensians to the Gilbertines and the CarthusiansCluny, Knights, and Hospitals: The Reform of Older Congregations and the Creation of New "Functional" Orders; The Search for Religious Identity; Beguines and Humiliati: A New Lay Piety; "Holy Preachers" and "Lesser Brothers"; Francis of Assisi and His Community; The Legacy of Francis; Clare of Assisi; Dominic and the Building of a New Order; Rationality and Constitution in the Service of the Salvation of Souls; The Carmelites: From the Mountain into the Cities; The Augustinian Hermits; The Three Ages of Salvation History ; Eremitical Congregations and the Work of Peter of MorroneDevotio Moderna; The Revelations of Birgitta; Reform from Above: Pope Benedict XII; Reform from Below: The Rise of the Observants; The Individual and the Community; The Monastery and the Law; Institutional Forms: Establishment and Preservation; Constructing Particular Pasts; Cloister and World; Temporalia; On the Search for God toward Knowledge of the World
• Titolo autorizzato: The world of medieval monasticism
• ISBN: 0-87907-499-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465487903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cistercian Studies