Ecclesia in medio nationis : reflections on the study of monasticism in the central Middle Ages /

Ecclesia in medio nationis : reflections on the study of monasticism in the central Middle Ages /

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Imprint:	Leuven : Leuven University Press, c2011.
Description:	215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:	French English
Series:	Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; 42 Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; 42.
Subject:	Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Congresses. Monasticism and religious orders -- Middle Ages. Conference papers and proceedings. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8778432

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Varying Form of Title:	Reflections on the study of monasticism in the central Middle Ages Réflexions sur l'étude du monachisme au moyen âge central
Other authors / contributors:	Vanderputten, Steven. Meijns, Brigitte.
ISBN:	9789058678874 9058678873
Notes:	Rev. version of papers originally presented at a symposium held Oct. 23, 2008 at the Catholic University of Leuven. Includes bibliographical references. Chiefly French; includes two contributions in English.
Summary:	The role of monastic institutions in society during the Central Middle Ages has been much debated in medieval studies. Some scholars saw monasticism as the principal motivator of economic, social, intellectual and spiritual' progress in human society, while others regarded monastic ideology as fundamentally anti-social and oriented towards itself. Today monasticism is studied as a social entity which needed interactions with the outside world, not only to subsist in a physical sense, but also to give a clear sense of purpose to its members. This volume seeks to identify some of the major questions that will dominate research into monasticism in the years to come. Contributions deal with the evolution of monasticism itself, its links with aristocracy, the economic relations of religious communities and their physical and ideological bounderies, and the representation of the outside world in monastic manuscripts.

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