The Refectory, Memoria, and Community
According to Peter the Venerable, it was the existence of a refectory that determined whether an establishment was coenobitic or eremitic in nature. Over time the idea that a monastery without a refectory was not really a monastery increasingly took shape. The monastic refectory epitomises community...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2022
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Pages: 131-177 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CE Christian art KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
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| Summary: | According to Peter the Venerable, it was the existence of a refectory that determined whether an establishment was coenobitic or eremitic in nature. Over time the idea that a monastery without a refectory was not really a monastery increasingly took shape. The monastic refectory epitomises community like no other place within the monastery, a concept that is based on the Last Supper of the Apostles. This is a topic that has received considerable scholarly attention, yet its treatment remains uneven, focusing on the Cistercian Order in an architectural context and on the mendicants where the iconography is concerned. Few attempts have been made to link these aspects, nor to consider in a single study the connections between architecture, iconography, and the social practices that enliven the monastic refectory. |
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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.5.130744 |