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The I.B. Tauris history of monasticism : the western tradition /

"From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessing the glories of western civilization, perhaps the best place to start is within medieval monastic institutions, not outside of them....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, G. R. (Gillian Rosemary)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • I. How it all began
  • II. Monks go West
  • III. The first Western Rules for monks and nuns
  • IV. Coda: Western monasticism takes stock
  • V.A new age of monastic experiment
  • VI. Reformation and dissolution
  • VII. Enlightenment and suppression
  • VIII. Nineteenth-century experiments
  • IX. Modern Western monasticism
  • Conclusion.