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The monks of Tiron : a monastic community and religious reform in the twelfth century /
This book offers the first comprehensive history of the order of Tiron. As a unique survey of the Tironensian experience it sheds new light on traditional assumptions of twelfth-century monastic history. Previous sketches have been shaped by the life of the founder, the Vita Bernardi, which depicts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Developing the Tiron narrative; The authority of the Vita Bernardi; The contribution of other sources; The messages of the Vita Bernardi; The Brevis descriptio: a new life?; 2 Uncovering Tiron's literary history; Manuscript tradition; Tiron's literary legacy; The construction of the Vita Bernardi; Writing the Vita Bernardi; Redating the Vita; 3 Documenting Tiron's success; The Tiron cartulary: the core source
- The Tiron archive at Chartres: understanding the monks' records managementEnglish records: record-keeping at a distance; The Welsh archive: record-keeping in an independent community; The Scottish archive: records management at a great distance; Tiron in the Norman archives: insights on the monks' record-keeping after the twelfth century; 4 Abbot Bernard; Bernard before Tiron; Bernard in the diocese of Chartres; The hermit monks at Tiron; Recollecting Abbot Bernard; 5 The monastery at Tiron; Dealing with success; Choosing Abbot Bernard's successor; Creating a past and recording the present
- A partnership with ChartresTiron under new leadership; Keeping order; Confirmation and change; 6 Mother and daughters; Tiron in the 1130s and 1140s; A decade of obscurity; The third generation and the unity of brotherhood; Tiron continues to create a past; Tiron finds its place; Epilogue: the thirteenth century; Conclusion; Appendix 1: the composition of the Vita beati Bernardi Tironensis
- a critical analysis; Appendix 2: Tironensian possessions; French possessions; Cross-Channel possessions; Bibliography; 1 Manuscript sources; France; Chartres; Le Mans; Tours; Paris; Rouen; Great Britain
- Winchester2 Printed Primary Sources; Vita Bernardi Tironensis; Brevis descriptio in Vita beati Bernardi Tironensis abbatis; Other printed primary sources; 3 Secondary Works; Index