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Medieval Monasticism Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages

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ISBN-10: 1138854042

ISBN-13: 9781138854048

Edition: 4th 2015 (Revised)

Authors: C. H. Lawrence

List price: $42.99
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Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria, through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. Hugh Lawrence explores the many sided relationship between monasteries and the secular world around them. For a thousand years, the great monastic houses and religious orders were a prominent feature of the social landscape of the West, and their leaders figured as much in the political as on the spiritual map of the medieval world. In this book many of them, together with their supporters and critics, are presented to us and speak their minds to us. We are shown, for instance, the…    
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Book details

List price: $42.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/23/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English