Andrew Jotischky, Bernard Hamilton

Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108816090
• ISBN-10: 1108816096
• Artikelnr.: 70769884

Autorenporträt

Bernard Hamilton (1932-2019) was Professor of Crusading History at the University of Nottingham. His numerous publications include The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (2000), Religion in the Medieval West (2003) and The Christian World of the Middle Ages (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

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.