At the heart of this volume is a concern with exploring levels of interaction between two particular objects of study, islands on the one hand, and military orders on the other. 1291 was a significant year for the main military orders: uprooted from...Loe edasi...
Analysing a period of hidden history, this book tracks the fate of the English Jesuits and their educational work through three major international crises of the eighteenth century: the Lavalette affair, the universal suppression of the Jesuit ord...Loe edasi...
This book explores music in contemporary monasticism, including instrumental use, composition, gender-related issues, along with music in neo-monastic communities. The result is a comprehensive study of the agency of music in the construction and ex...Loe edasi...
Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. It explores the relationship between...Loe edasi...
Based on extensive fieldwork on three continents, this book offers a sociological examination of the economy of contemporary Catholic monasticism, considering the ways in which monastic economy engages with the world economy through a model aimed le...Loe edasi...
This book recounts and analyzes the Templars rise and establishment during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflects on the proceedings launched against it and its subsequent fall (13071314), and explores its medieval and post-medieval legacy....Loe edasi...
Based on extensive research among Cistercian monks and nuns, this book examines social relations in monasteries, examining the ways in which collective rituals and manual work both foster solidarity and create division, and developing a novel, far-r...Loe edasi...
This book gives a context for a reading of the Life of Saint Neilos, a Southern Italian tenth-century monastic from Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome. His background is delineated against a multi-ethnic and idiosyncratic...Loe edasi...
The first volume to explore various facets of contemporary change in consecrated religious life in selected central and eastern European countries, this book presents a series of studies of Catholic and Orthodox monasticism, with attention to the im...Loe edasi...
The Exorcist of Sombor examines the life course, practice and mentality of an eighteenth-century Franciscan friar, creating a frame around the tightly packed history of events that took place between 1766-1769, and analysing the series of exorcism s...Loe edasi...
Forty papers link the study of the military orders cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two volumes, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and Eur...Loe edasi...
This book presents a broad sociological perspective on the contemporary issues facing Christian monasticism. Since the founding work of Max Weber, the sociology of monasticism has received little attention. However, the field is now being revitalize...Loe edasi...
Since the time of Francis of Assisi, a commitment to voluntary poverty has been a controversial aspect of religious life. This volume explores the interaction between poverty and religious devotion in the mendicant orders between the thirteenth and...Loe edasi...
Forty papers link the study of the military orders cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two volumes, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and Eur...Loe edasi...
This collection of Giles Constables 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...Loe edasi...
