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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Daily Life in a Medieval Monastery

Daily Life in a Medieval Monastery

Olson, Sherri

Hardcover

Series: Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General

ISBN10: 0313336555
ISBN13: 9780313336553
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Aug 12 2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

A study of life inside medieval monasteries that explores monastic spirituality, daily routines, contact with the outside world, and the historical impact of these foundational institutions on the Western world.

How did the Western monastic tradition begin? What was monastic life typically like for a monk or nun? How was the institution of the monastery formative to Western culture from antiquity through the Middle Ages? This book covers the entire span of monastic history in the late-ancient and medieval periods and provides an in-depth look at several monasteries across Europe. Each chapter introduces the reader to the surviving evidence for the houses studied, such as its monastic rules, plans, records of visitation, chronicles, and biographical accounts; and aims to give an insider view--not only of monks' and nuns' daily activities, but what these dedicated individuals' values, ambitions, and aspirations might have been.

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