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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

By Clark, James G.

The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

By Clark, James G.

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The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin middle ages. Their liturgical practice, and their acquired taste for learning, served as a model for the medieval church as a whole: while new orders arose, they took some of their customs, and their observant and spiritual outlook, from the 'Regula Benedicti'. The Benedictines may also be counted among the founders of medieval Europe. In many regions of the continent they created, or consolidated, the first Christian communities; they also directed the development of their social organisation, economy, and environment, and exerted a powerful influence on their emerging cultural and intellectual trends. This book, the first comparative study of its kind, follows the Benedictine Order over eleven centuries, from their early diaspora to the challenge of continental reformation.
Dr James G. Clark teaches in the Department of History at the University of Bristol.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
394
Release Date:
2011-06-16
Publication Date:
2011-06-16
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843836238
ISBN13:
9781843836230
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[email protected]
Weight:
754 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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