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Emotional monasticism : affective piety in the eleventh-century monastery of John of Fécamp /

Medievalists have long taught that highly emotional Christian devotion, often called 'affective piety', appeared in Europe after the twelfth century and was primarily practiced by communities of mendicants, lay people and women. <i>Emotional monasticism </i>challenges this view...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mancia, Lauren (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Colección:Artes liberales (Manchester, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Reforming the reader's interior: defining emotional reform in John of Fécamp's <i>Confessio</i> <i>theologica</i>
  • 2. <i>Dicta mea sunt dicta patrum? </i>Tradition and innovation in John's writing
  • 3. Reforming the monastic community:<i> </i>the uses of John's devotional method within the walls of Fécamp<i></i>
  • 4. Reforming monks in the temporal world:<i></i>John's devotional principles cultivated in the Anglo-Norman landscape <i></i>
  • 5 John's medieval legacy:<i> </i>the monastic roots of affective piety<i></i>
  • Conclusion
  • Index.