ISBN:
9782503589619
Language:
Latin
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (687 pages)
Series Statement:
Disciplina Monastica 13
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Diem, Albrecht, 1968- Pursuit of salvation
DDC:
271
Keywords:
Jonas
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Columban
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Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Monasticism and religious orders Rules
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Early works to 1800
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Monastic and religious life of women
;
Monachisme et ordres religieux - Histoire - 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
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Monachisme et ordres religieux - Règles - Ouvrages avant 1800
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Vie religieuse et monastique féminine
Abstract:
A history of the monastic pursuit of eternal salvation in the early medieval West, revolving around a seventh-century monastic rule for nuns, the 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines'. The seventh-century 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines' (Someone's Rule for Virgins), which was most likely written by Jonas of Bobbio, the hagiographer of the Irish monk Columbanus, forms an ideal point of departure for writing a new history of the emergence of Western monasticism understood as a history of the individual and collective attempt to pursue eternal salvation. The book provides a critical edition and translation of the 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines' and a roadmap for such a new history revolving around various aspects of monastic discipline, such as the agency of the community, the role of enclosure, authority and obedience, space and boundaries, confession and penance, sleep and silence, excommunication and expulsion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-656) and indexes
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Original texts in Latin with parallel English translations; critical matter in English
