Placeholder text

Go to cart

Monastic Hospitality

By Julie Kerr

Monastic Hospitality

By Julie Kerr

0 - Default Title
Description
Hospitality was an integral part of medieval monastic life. In receiving guests the monks were following Christ's injunction and adhering to the Rule of St Benedict, as well as taking on an important role within society and providing a valuable service for fellow religious. This book draws on a wide range of sources to explore the practice and perception of monastic hospitality in England c. 1070-c. 1250, an important and illuminating time in a European and an Anglo-Norman context; it examines the spiritual and worldly concerns compelling monasteries to exercise hospitality, alongside the administrative, financial and other implications of receiving and caring for guests. Analysis focuses on the great Benedictine houses of Southern England [Abingdon, Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury, Reading, St Albans] for which a substantial and diverse body of material survives, but they are set in the context of other houses and other orders (chiefly the Cistercians) to show the wider picture in both England and Europe. JULIE KERR is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews.
Product details
Number of Pages:
264
Release Date:
2007-11-15
Publication Date:
2007-11-15
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843833263
ISBN13:
9781843833260
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
564 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out