Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages - Softcover

Lawrence, C.H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582017270 ISBN 13: 9780582017276

Publisher: Longman, 1989

Synopsis

For a thousand years the monasteries and religious orders played a major role in the society, economy and culture of the west. This book traces the Western monastic tradition in its social context, from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through to the many and various forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages.
This new edition contains new work on: monastic studies and the relationship between the cloister and the schools; on the controversy between the Benedictines and the spokesmen of the reformed monasticism of the twelfth century; and on the social composition of the nunneries and the particular problems that confronted women in the religious life.

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Religion

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'Professor Lawrence goes to the head of the class for his brilliant survey.'

Journal of Ecclesiastical History

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0582017270
• ISBN 13: 9780582017276
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336