Life In The Medieval Cloister

Author : Julie Kerr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441125095

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Life in the Medieval Cloister makes extensive use of primary sources and quotations from chronicles, letters, customaries and miracle stories, and the experience of medieval monastic life is presented through the monks' own words. Medievalist Julie Kerr provides day to day account of life in the medieval monastery from the Norman conquest to the Dissolution, with a particular focus on the high Middle ages, exploring such questions as: What effect did the ascetic lifestyle have on the monks' physical health and mental well-being? How difficult was it for newcomers to adapt to the rigors of the cloister? Did the monks suffer from anxiety and boredom; what caused them concern and how did they seek comfort? What did it really mean to live the solitary life within a communal environment and how significant were issues of loneliness and isolation? Life in the Medieval Cloister makes an important contribution to our understanding of medieval monastic life by exploring key aspects that have been either inadequately addressed or overlooked by historians, but also offers an up close and personal perspective on a fascinating, but little known, corner of history.

Author : Julie Kerr
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847251619

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Philosophy.

Author : Christopher Brooke
Publisher : Hidden Spring
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1587680181

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The Age of the Cloister by Christopher Brooke Pdf

Among the most beautiful, spiritual and evocative structures in stone ever built are the medieval monasteries of Europe. The importance of the monastic world, its ideas and ideals, to the rise of Western civilization is second to none. The age of the cloister offers a fascinating overview of the birth and flowering of monasticism, and describes in great detail the everyday monastic life and the faith, literature, economy, architecture and culture of countless monks, hermits, nuns, canons, friars and lay men and women spanning hundreds of years.

Author : Victoria Sherrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1560067918

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Life in a Medieval Monastery by Victoria Sherrow Pdf

This book discusses monastic life from 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D., describing the expanding roles of monks in agriculture, education, the arts, and eventually economic affairs.

Author : Marc Cels
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778713520

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Life in a Medieval Monastery by Marc Cels Pdf

Life in a Monastery sheds light on some of the mystery surrounding the lives of medieval monks and nuns. Children will discover why people entered the monastery, the vows they took, and how they filled their days and nights in isolation from the outside world.

Author : C.H. Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317877301

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Medieval Monasticism by C.H. Lawrence Pdf

Hugh Lawrence's book ranges right across Europe and the Middle East as well as reconstructing the internal life, experience and aims of the medieval cloister, he also explores the many-sided relationships between the monasteries and the secular world from which they drew recruits. This Third Edition contains new thoughts and perspectives throughout.

Author : Charles Reade
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664636683

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The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade Pdf

Originally published in 1861, this early work by Charles Reade is a rare source for historical information. The book tells the story of a young scribe's travels through Europe and deals with conflicts between family life and the church. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in English historical literature.

Author : John McNeill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351195058

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The Medieval Cloister in England and Wales by John McNeill Pdf

"This dedicated volume of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association draws together ten papers which, collectively, explore something of the art and architecture, styles and uses, of the medieval cloister in England and Wales. Contributors consider the continental context, cloisters in English palaces, Benedictine and Augustinian cloister arcades in the 12th and 13th centuries, architecture and meaning in Cistercian east ranges, late medieval vaulted cloisters in the West Country, cloisters at the cathedrals of Old Sarum, Canterbury, and Lincoln, and assess the extent to which the cloister bosses at Norwich cathedral priory reflect contemporary religious politics. The volume also contains an extended consideration and gazetteer of all Cistercian cloisters in England and Wales."

Author : Herbert Railton,Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones,A Quinton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020910720

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Cloister Life in the Days of Coeur de Lion by Herbert Railton,Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones,A Quinton Pdf

Take a journey back to the cloistered life of the Middle Ages during the time of Coeur de Lion. This book provides a fascinating look at the daily religious and secular routines of those who lived in the cloisters, as well as the unique challenges they faced during the time of war. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Clifford Hugh Lawrence
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054045839

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Medieval Monasticism by Clifford Hugh Lawrence Pdf

Hugh Lawrence's book ranges right across Europe and the Middle East as well as reconstructing the internal life, experience and aims of the medieval cloister, he also explores the many-sided relationships between the monasteries and the secular world from which they drew recruits.

Author : Sophie Page
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271062976

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Magic in the Cloister by Sophie Page Pdf

During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the library of the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine’s in Canterbury. The monks collected texts that provided positive justifications for the practice of magic and books in which works of magic were copied side by side with works of more licit genres. In Magic in the Cloister, Sophie Page uses this collection to explore the gradual shift toward more positive attitudes to magical texts and ideas in medieval Europe. She examines what attracted monks to magic texts, in spite of the dangers involved in studying condemned works, and how the monks combined magic with their intellectual interests and monastic life. By showing how it was possible for religious insiders to integrate magical studies with their orthodox worldview, Magic in the Cloister contributes to a broader understanding of the role of magical texts and ideas and their acceptance in the late Middle Ages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780870990960

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The Secular Spirit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gabriella Erdélyi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317188766

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A Cloister on Trial by Gabriella Erdélyi Pdf

In 1517, the usually tranquil friary in the Hungarian town of Körmend found itself at the centre of controversy when its Augustinian friars, charged with drunkenness, sexual abuses and liturgical negligence, were driven out and replaced with observant Franciscans. The agent of change in this conflict, cardinal Thomas Bakócz, claimed to be acting in the name of ’cloister reform’ motivated by a religious agenda, while the Augustinians portrayed themselves as the victims of a political game. Based on the surviving interrogations of a papal enquiry into these events, this book illuminates the tensions and potential conflict that lurked within the religious culture of a seemingly unremarkable and remote town. The story of the friary trial of Körmend provides a fascinating window into religion and society of Europe at the dawn of the Reformation, investigating the processes by which ordinary people emerge as historical agents from the written records. By focussing on their experiences as represented in the trial documents the book reveals the spaces and borders of individual and communal action within the dynamic of lay-clerical relations negotiated in a friary reform at the beginning of the 16th century. Furthermore, the moral nature of the accusations levelled at the Augustinians - and whether these were justified or instigated for political reasons - offers further insights into the nature of late-medieval Catholicism and the claims of Protestant reformers.

Author : Cloisters (Museum),Peter Barnet,Nancy Y. Wu
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture, Medieval
ISBN : 9781588391766

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The Cloisters by Cloisters (Museum),Peter Barnet,Nancy Y. Wu Pdf

"By surveying these elaborate tapestries, delicate carvings, and other objects in roughly the historical sequence in which they were created, we glimpse the evolving styles and artistic traditions of the Middle Ages and gain a more meaningful understanding of the contexts in which many of them appeared. Among the masterpieces on display at The Cloisters are the famed Unicorn Tapestries, the richly carved twelfth-century ivory cross associated with the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, known as the "Cloisters Cross," the exquisite Annuciation triptych by the Netherlandish painter Robert Campin, and many fine examples of manuscript illumination, enameling, metalwork, and stained glass." "Complete with digital color photography, map, floor plan, and glossary, this book is a contemporary guide that will reward students and enthusiasts of the Middle Ages as well as visitors seeing the Museum for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Roger Rosewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780747812906

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The Medieval Monastery by Roger Rosewell Pdf

An illustrated look at life in abbeys and priories, and within the monastic orders, in the middle ages. Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches. This book examines the growth of monasticism and the different orders of monks; the architecture and administration of monasteries; the daily life of monks and nuns; the art of monasteries and their libraries; their role in caring for the poor and sick; their power and wealth; their decline and suppression; and their ruin and rescue. With beautiful photographs, it illustrates some of Britain's finest surviving monastic buildings such as the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral and the awe-inspiring ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.