The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States

by Andrew Jotischky

Book Overview

Crusaders were not the only Europeans drawn to the Holy Land during the twelfth century. Many lay people and followers of religious orders made pilgrimages to the East to visit the holy sites, and many felt compelled to stay there, settling as monks or hermits in established monasteries or founding hermitages of their own. So widespread was the exodus that Bernard of Clairvaux spoke out against Cistercian monks who were "deserting the flock." The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028319
• ISBN13: 9780271028316
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"