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The World of Medieval Monasticism [EPUB ebook] 
Its History and Forms of Life

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This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of early medieval Europe to the religious ruptures of the eleventh and twelfth centuries and the reforms of the later Middle Ages. Throughout that story the book balances a rich sense of detail with a broader synthetic view. It presents the history of religious life and its orders as a complex braid woven from multiple strands: individual and community, spirit and institution, rule and custom, church and world. The result is a synthesis that places religious life at the center of European history and presents its institutions as key catalysts of Europe’s move toward modernity.

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James D. Mixson is an associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. His recent publications include Poverty’s Proprietors: Ownership and Mortal Sin at the Origins of the Observant Movement (Brill, 2009) and several essays on the history of late-medieval religious reform. He is also the editor (with Bert Roest) of A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond (Brill, 2015).

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 464 ● ISBN 9780879074999 ● File size 5.0 MB ● Translator James D Mixson ● Publisher Liturgical Press ● City MN ● Country US ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5461284 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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