The monastic world: a 1,200-year history

"From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did monasticism change over the thousand years or so of the Middle Ages? Andrew Jotischky traces the histor...

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主要作者: Jotischky, Andrew 1965- (Author)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: New Haven London Yale University Press [2024]
In:Year: 2024
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 宗教生活 / 修道院生活 / 歷史
Further subjects:B Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500
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總結:"From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did monasticism change over the thousand years or so of the Middle Ages? Andrew Jotischky traces the history of monastic life from its origins in the fourth century to the sixteenth. He shows how religious houses sheltered the poor and elderly, cared for the sick, and educated the young. They were centres of intellectual life that owned property and exercised power but also gave rise to new developments in theology, music, and art. This book brings together the Orthodox and western stories, as well as the experiences of women, to show the full picture of medieval monasticism for the first time. It is a fascinating, wide-ranging account that broadens our understanding of life in holy orders as never before"-- Provided by publisher
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 396-404
實物描述:xii, 410 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:0300208561