Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States

ISBN-13: 9780521836388 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Bernard Hamilton; Andrew Jotischky

Opis

Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monasteries and monasticism in western and Byzantine traditions in the Near East during the Crusader period c.1050-1300.

Recenzje

'… this a very significant piece of research. It is the first major study on this topic and it draws together an astonishing array of material - textual, material, artistic and archaeological - and it is to be hoped that it will stimulate further work in this field.' Nicholas Morton, Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean

Spis treści

Part I: Latin Monasticism: 1. The Latin presence in the levant before 1097; 2. The Austin canons; 3. The premonstratensian canons; 4. The canons regular of St. Ruf, avignon, in the county of Tripoli; 5. Benedictine monasteries; 6. Benedictine convents; 7. Benedictine monasteries in the tradition of St. Romuald and St. Peter damian; 8. The Cistercians; 9. The Carmelites; 10. The franciscan provincia terrae sanctae; 11. The dominican provincia terrae sanctae; 12. Antiochene monasteries of uncertain rite; Part II: Greek orthodox monasticism: 13. Orthodox monasteries in the crusader states: a survey; 14. Institutional life in Greek monasteries; 15. Aspects of spiritual life in Greek monasteries; 16. Reading, writing and representation.