Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900-1100

by Steven Vanderputten

Book Overview

The history of monastic institutions in the Middle Ages may at first appear remarkably uniform and predictable. Medieval commentators and modern scholars have observed how monasteries of the tenth to early twelfth centuries experienced long periods of stasis alternating with bursts of rapid development known as reforms. Charismatic leaders by sheer force of will, and by assiduously recruiting the support of the ecclesiastical and lay elites, pushed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501710656
• ISBN13: 9781501710650
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher