Medieval monasticism : forms of religious life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages /

Medieval monasticism : forms of religious life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lawrence, C. H. (Clifford Hugh), 1921-
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	The Medieval World Medieval world.
Subject:	Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Monasticism and religious orders -- Middle Ages.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12757586

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ISBN:	9781317504689 (electronic bk.) 1317504682 (electronic bk.) 9781138854031 1138854034 9781138854048 1138854042
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	ebook version 9781317504672 Original 9781138854031 1138854034 9781138854048 1138854042

Table of Contents:

The call of the desert
The rule of St. Benedict
Wandering saints and princely patrons
England and the continent
The emperor and the rule
The age of cluny
The cloister and the world
Monastic reform: the quest for the primitive
The cistercian model
The new monasticism versus the old
A new kind of knighthood
Sisters or handmaids
The friars
Epilogue: the individual and the community.