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Western Monasticism

A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

Av Peter King

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Christians have been drawn to monastic life nearly as long as Christianity has existed. Dedicating themselves to prayer, meditation, and good works, men and women in many diverse times and places have been willing to abstain from marriage, sexual relations, and personal ownership to serve God single-mindedly. In this overview of the Latin tradition, Peter King, emeritus senior lecturer of medieval history at Saint Andrew's University, leads readers quickly but deftly along the rugged monastic road from late antique Egypt to the present day, passing through spectacular expansion in medieval Europe, dissolution during the Reformation, retrenchment at the Counter Reformation, condemnation during the Enlightenment, destruction at the hands of revolutionaries, refoundation and new vigor during the nineteenth and the ecumenical twentieth centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-11-01
Mått140 x 216 x 29 mm
Vikt737 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCistercian Studies Series
Antal sidor482
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780879077853

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Table of ContentsPreface 9Abbreviations 11List of Illustrations 13Chapter 1 Egypt 15Chapter 2 The Beginnings of Monasticism in the West 33Chapter 3 Gaul, Spain, Ireland 59Chapter 4 Saint Benedict and Sixth-Century Italy 83Chapter 5 A Second Benedict and his Progeny 103Chapter 6 Monasticism in an Age of Reform 131Chapter 7 White Monks, Black Monks 159Chapter 8 Religious Women in the High Middle Ages 195Chapter 9 Decay and Renewal: The Late Middle Ages 229Chapter 10 Catholic Monasticism under the Counter reformation 273Chapter 11 The Whirlwind 317Chapter 12 Western Monasticism in the Nineteenth Century 341Chapter 13 Monasticism in the Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian, and Free Churches 383Chapter 14 The Twentieth Century 421Select Bibliography 437Index of Persons and Places 465