Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism: The Cluniac Tradition, C.900-1200

by Scott G. Bruce

Book Overview

Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123933
• ISBN13: 9780521123938
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"