Learning as Shared Practice in Monastic Communities, 1070-1180

Learning as Shared Practice in Monastic Communities, 1070-1180

Author: Micol Long

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9004466495

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In this study, Micol Long looks at Latin letters written in Western Europe between 1070 and 1180 to reconstruct how monks and nuns learned from each other in a continuous, informal and reciprocal way during their daily communal life.


Varieties of the Self

Varieties of the Self

Author: Babette S. Hellemans

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-07-31

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9004540857

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The Paraclete was founded in 1129. Out of necessity to find a new place to shelter a group of nuns, this female community was created by Peter Abelard (1079–1142) for Heloise of Argenteuil (1090–1164). Varieties of the Self shows how this community was dependent on a network of monasteries, while also representing a formative driving force in the twelfth-century reform, the period of flourishing to which it clearly belonged. The anthropological approach connects different works written by Peter Abelard (hymns, life-rules, letters, biblical commentaries) to views on the female self. What is the perspective on identity, sacrifice, and intentionality within these sources, and how do views on pollution, purity, and sacredness reflect on ethics of body and soul?


Rethinking Reform in the Latin West, 10th to Early 12th Century

Rethinking Reform in the Latin West, 10th to Early 12th Century

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-09-14

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9004681086

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This collection of studies investigates how people of the 10th to early 12th century experienced and represented processes of intentional change in the Church, and what the consequences are of modern scholars’ reliance on ‘reform’ to describe and interpret these processes. In 11 thematic chapters it takes stock of the current state of research and offers suggestions to deepen our understanding of the ideological, institutional, and cultural dynamics at play. Contributors are Julia Barrow, Robert F. Berkhofer III, Gordon Blennemann, Katy Cubitt, Nicolangelo D'Acunto, Anne-Marie Helvétius, Ludger Körntgen, Rutger Kramer, Brigitte Meijns, Diane Reilly, Rachel Stone, and Steven Vanderputten.


Est insolitum inquirere taliter

Est insolitum inquirere taliter

Author: Christopher S. Mackay

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9004454764

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This volume contains the only full and complete edition of the Latin and German documents illustrating the activities of Heinricus Institoris (the author of the Malleus Maleficarum) as prosecutor of witchcraft in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485.


The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West

The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West

Author: Alison I. Beach

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-01-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1108770630

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Monasticism, in all of its variations, was a feature of almost every landscape in the medieval West. So ubiquitous were religious women and men throughout the Middle Ages that all medievalists encounter monasticism in their intellectual worlds. While there is enormous interest in medieval monasticism among Anglophone scholars, language is often a barrier to accessing some of the most important and groundbreaking research emerging from Europe. The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West offers a comprehensive treatment of medieval monasticism, from Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. The essays, specially commissioned for this volume and written by an international team of scholars, with contributors from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, cover a range of topics and themes and represent the most up-to-date discoveries on this topic.


World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE

World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE

Author: Michael Borgolte

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-10-29

Total Pages: 783

ISBN-13: 9004415084

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In World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Michael Borgolte investigates the origins and development of foundations from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. In his survey foundations emerge not as mere legal institutions, but rather as “total social phenomena” which touch upon manifold aspects, including politics, the economy, art and religion of the cultures in which they emerged. Cross-cultural in its approach and the result of decades of research, this work represents by far the most comprehensive account of the history of foundations that has hitherto been published.


A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools

A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools

Author: Cédric Giraud

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-11-11

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9004410139

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A nuanced introduction to the schools of the 12th century, insisting on the fertile confluence between ancient knowledge and new techniques and on the interaction between masters and pupils.


Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages

Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages

Author: Micol Long

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789462982949

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Cohabiting peers learned from one another in medieval religious communities (11th-12th century), not top-down but peer-to-peer. This volume focuses on the way in which day-to-day interpersonal exchanges of knowledge functioned in practice.


A History of the Athonite Commonwealth

A History of the Athonite Commonwealth

Author: Graham Speake

Publisher:

Published: 2018-06-07

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1108425860

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Explores the role played by Athos in the spread of Orthodoxy and Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond.