The Monastic Ideal of Discipline and the Making of Clerical Rules in Late Medieval Castile
Cathedral chapters are a good laboratory for testing the role played by rules and moral customs inspired by the monastic ideal of discipline in the creation of models of social conduct. This paper is intended to analyse the rules promulgated by the Burgos Cathedral Chapter and the bishop in order to...
| Published in: | The journal of medieval monastic studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2013]
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KBH Iberian Peninsula KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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| Summary: | Cathedral chapters are a good laboratory for testing the role played by rules and moral customs inspired by the monastic ideal of discipline in the creation of models of social conduct. This paper is intended to analyse the rules promulgated by the Burgos Cathedral Chapter and the bishop in order to regulate good relations within the institution and shape the behaviour of clergy and faithful alike. It argues that these regulations, based on the model of monastic discipline, clashed with the resistance of clerics immersed in the conflicts of daily life and tied to the patronage and kinship relationship typical of late medieval society in Castile. A gap was opened between the monastic ideal of discipline which aimed to achieve spiritual perfection through control over the soul and the body, and the practical application of this ideal in the secular world by clergymen. |
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| ISSN: | 2034-3523 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.JMMS.1.103651 |