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Monasticism and Politics in Norman Italy: The Chronicle of Montecassino, 1072-1138

Monasticism and Politics in Norman Italy: The Chronicle of Montecassino, 1072-1138

Loud, Graham A.
Loud, Graham A.

Hardcover

Series: Manchester Medieval Sources

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1526174200
ISBN13: 9781526174208
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Chronicle of Montecassino gives a detailed and compelling account of the monastery during its 'golden age' under Abbots Desiderius and Oderisius I, and the challenges that it then faced from the early years of the twelfth century onwards. As law and order in the Principality of Capua broke down, the monks faced increasing threats to their lands, and internal division arose within the monastery. Eventually too their previously close relationship with the papacy broke down. The last part of the chronicle includes a day-by-day account by Peter the deacon of his defence of the monastery at a meeting with Pope Innocent II and Emperor Lothar III in July 1137. This text provides a fascinating insight into both monasticism and politics in medieval southern Italy.

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