Carthusian Monasticism

Demetrio S. Yocum is Research Associate of Italian at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on Medieval and Renaissance Italian literature and history with particular interest in theology and monasticism. He coordinates the Opera del vocabolario italiano Program at Notre Dame, and has translated numerous works. His recent publications include: Petrarch’s Humanist Writing and Carthusian Monasticism. The Secret Language of the Self (Brepols: 2013; co-winner of the 2011 MLA Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies); At the Heart of the Liturgy, co-edited with Maxwell Johnson and Timothy O'Malley (Liturgical Press: 2014). Stephen J.N. Molvarec, SJ is Postdoctoral Fellow in History at Marquette University. He completed his doctoral thesis on the development of Medieval Carthusian social networks and their urban foundations under the supervision of John Van Engen. His research interests include the development of medieval religious orders, their social networks, and religious solitude. His recent publications include: A Fish out of Water? From Contemplative Solitude to Carthusian Involvement in Pastoral Care and Reform Activity, co-edited and introduced with Tom Gaens (Peeters: 2013).

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroduction by Stephen J. Molvarec, S.J. and Demetrio S. YocumPart I: Historical Narratives: From Origins until the Early Modern Period"Origo ordinis Cartusienses": Bruno, Guigo, and the First Carthusians by Stephen J. Molvarec, S.J.Mournful Travelers Gazing at the Chartreuse: Carthusian Representation and Self-Representation from the Late Middle Ages to Modern Times by Tom GaensMemory of the Past and Aspirations Toward the Eternal: Exploring the Trajectory of Carthusian Historiography by Adelindo GiulianiPart II: Materiality and Spirituality LifeThe Planning of Carthusian Charterhouses in the Later Middle Ages in England and the Netherlands by Glyn Coppack and Caroline den HartogCarthusian Architecture and Art (Twelfth-Sixteenth Century) by Julian LuxfordStability and Change in Carthusian Liturgy and Music by Thomas Op de CoulCharting Carthusian Community Life: From Its Origins to the Sixteenth Century by Demetrio S. YocumCarthusian Ethics by Krijn PanstersPart III: Society and TextualityThe Carthusians in Medieval England: The Desert, the Church, and the State by Michael G. SargentThe Role of Carthusians in the Development of Middle Dutch Mystical Theology by Rob FaesenCarthusian English Literature in and out of Cloister: Scribes, Authors, Translators, Correctors, and Patrons of Fifteenth-Century Women's Writing by Kathryn Kerby-FultonPart IV: Texts and AuthorsGuigo II: A Master Teacher by Raymond Studzinski, OSBCarthusian Nuns in Medieval France: The Example of Marguerite d'Oingt by Maureen BoultonDenys the Carthusian and a Late Medieval Theological Predicament by Denys TurnerLudolph of Saxony and His Life of Jesus Christ by Milton WalshList of Contributors