Medieval Monasticism

Giles Constable

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780367887155
• eBook ISBN: 9781000949568
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire du monde

Collected Studies CS1064

This collection of Giles Constable's key articles on medieval monastic and ecclesiastical history provides nothing less than a comprehensive overview of research in the field. The book provides an insight into monastic life in the Middle Ages - from Germany to Normandy and from England to Sicily.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Addenda
• 1 “The Commemoration of the Dead in the Early Middle Ages,” Early Medieval Rome and the Christian West: Essays in Honour of Donald A. Bullough, ed. Julia M. H. Smith (Leiden-Boston-Cologne, 2000), pp. 169-195
• 2 “The Cross in Medieval Monastic Life,” Christianity and Culture in the Middle Ages: Essays to Honor John Van Engen, eds. David C. Mengel and Lisa Wolverton (Notre Dame, 2015), pp. 236-250
• 3 “Carolingian Monasticism as Seen in the Plan of St Gall,” Le monde carolingien. Bilan, perspectives, champs de recherches. Actes du colloque international de Poitiers, Centre d’Etudes supérieures de Civilisation médiévale, 18-20 novembre, 2004, eds. Wojciech Falkowski and Yves Sassier (Culture et société médiévales, 18; Turnhout, 2009), pp. 199-217
• 4 “Monks and Canons in Carolingian Gaul: The Case of Rigrannus of Le Mans,” After Rome’s Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History. Essays presented to Walter Goffart, ed. Alexander Callander Murray (Toronto-Buffalo-London, 1998), pp. 320-336
• 5 “Religious Communities, 1024-1215,” The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. IV: c. 1024-c. 1198, part I, eds. David Luscombe and Jonathan Riley-Smith (Cambridge, 2004), pp. 335-367 and 817-822
• 6 “Abbatial Profession in Normandy and England in the Eleventh and Twelfth Century, with particular attention to Bec,” ‘Ins Wasser geworfen und Ozeane durchquert’. Festschrift für Knut Wolfgang Norr, eds. M. Ascheri, F. Ebel, M. Heckel, A. Padoa-Schioppa, W. Poggeler, F. Ranieri, and W. Rütten (Kohl-Weimar-Wien, 2003), pp. 105-120
• 7 “The Image of Bruno of Cologne in his Mortuary Roll,” Ovidio Capitani: Quaranta anni per la storia medioevale, ed. Maria Consiglia De Matteis (Bologna, 2003) II, pp. 63-72
• 8 “Saint Bruno of Cologne and Solitude,” Truth as Gift: Studies in Medieval Cistercian History in Honor of John R. Sommerfeldt, eds. Marsha Dutton, Daniel M. LaCorte, and Paul Lockey (Kalamazoo, 2004), pp. 27-41
• 9 “Spiritual Emptiness and Ascetic Exile in the Middle Ages,” On the Shoulders of Giants. Essays in Honor of Glenn W. Olsen, eds. David F. Appleby and Teresa Olsen Pierre (Papers in Mediaeval Studies, 27; Toronto, 2015), pp. 135-158
• 10 “Herman of Tournai and the Monastery of Saint Vincent at Valencia,” Praise no less than charity: Studies in Honor of M. Chrysogonus Waddell (Cistercian Studies, 193; Kalamazoo, 2002), pp. 85-104
• 11 “Hildegard’s Explanation of the Rule of St Benedict,” Hildegard von Bingen in ihrem historischen Umfeld. Internazionaler wissenschaftlicher Kongress zum 900jührigen Jubilaum, 13.-19. September 1998, Bingen am Rhein, eds. Alfred Haverkamp and Alexander Reverchon (Mainz, 2000), pp. 163-187
• 12 “The Lay Brothers and Lay Sisters of the Order of Sempringham,” Medieval Studies in Honour of Avrom Saltman (Bar-Ilan Studies in History, 4; Ramat-Gan, 1995), pp. 83-96
• 13 “Individualism and Institutions in Medieval Religious Communities,” Visions of Community in the Pre-Modern World, ed. Nicholas Howe (Notre Dame, 2002), pp. 9-36
• 14 “Reform and Diversity in Medieval Religious Communities,” Religiosità e civiltà. Identità delle forme religiose (secoli XXIV). Atti del Convegno Internazionale Brescia, 9-11 settembre 2009, ed. Giancarlo Andenna (‘Le settimane internazionale della Mendola’. N.S. 2007-2011), pp. 167-191
• 15 “Controversy and Compromise in Religious Communities in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries,” Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of David Luscombe, eds. Joseph Canning, Edmund King, and Martial Staub (Leiden-Boston 2011), pp. 145-156
• 16 “The Meeting of East and West in Medieval Monasticism in Sicily and South Italy,” Renaissance Encounters: Greek East and Latin West, eds. Marina S. Brownlee and Dimitri H. Gondicas (Leiden-Boston, 2013), pp. 97-113
• Secondary Authors Cited in the Text
• Subject Index