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- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- The New Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1General Introduction
- Part IThe Origins of Christian Monasticism to the Eighth Century
- 2The Monastic Laboratory: Perspectives of Research in Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism
- 3Re-Reading Monastic Traditions: Monks and Nuns, East and West, from the Origins to c. 750
- 4The Archaeology of the Earliest Monasteries
- 5Egyptian Nuns in Late Antiquity as Exemplars
- 6Psalmody and Prayer in Early Monasticism
- 7Heterodoxy and Monasticism around the Mediterranean Sea
- 8The Invention of Western Monastic Literature: Texts and Communities
- 9Monastic Rules (Fourth to Ninth Century)
- 10Social Plurality and Monastic Diversity in Late Antique Hispania (Sixth to Eighth Century)
- 11Female House Ascetics from the Fourth to the Twelfth Century
- 12The Archaeology of the Earliest Monasteries in Italy and France (Second Half of the Fourth Century to the Eighth Century)
- 13Nuns and Monks at Work: Equality or Distinction between the Sexes? A Study of Frankish Monasteries from the Sixth to the Tenth Century
- 14Ascetic Prayer for the Dead in the Early Medieval West
- 15Monastic Identity in Early Medieval Ireland
- 16Constructing Monastic Space in the Early and Central Medieval West (Fifth to Twelfth Century)
- 17The Economy of Byzantine Monasteries
- Part IIThe Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
- Part IIIThe Long Twelfth Century
- Part IVForms of Monasticism in the Late Middle Ages
- Index
- References
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fromPart I - The Origins of Christian Monasticism to the Eighth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
- Alison I. Beach
- Affiliation:Ohio State University
- Isabelle Cochelin
- Affiliation:University of Toronto
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- The New Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1General Introduction
- Part IThe Origins of Christian Monasticism to the Eighth Century
- 2The Monastic Laboratory: Perspectives of Research in Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism
- 3Re-Reading Monastic Traditions: Monks and Nuns, East and West, from the Origins to c. 750
- 4The Archaeology of the Earliest Monasteries
- 5Egyptian Nuns in Late Antiquity as Exemplars
- 6Psalmody and Prayer in Early Monasticism
- 7Heterodoxy and Monasticism around the Mediterranean Sea
- 8The Invention of Western Monastic Literature: Texts and Communities
- 9Monastic Rules (Fourth to Ninth Century)
- 10Social Plurality and Monastic Diversity in Late Antique Hispania (Sixth to Eighth Century)
- 11Female House Ascetics from the Fourth to the Twelfth Century
- 12The Archaeology of the Earliest Monasteries in Italy and France (Second Half of the Fourth Century to the Eighth Century)
- 13Nuns and Monks at Work: Equality or Distinction between the Sexes? A Study of Frankish Monasteries from the Sixth to the Tenth Century
- 14Ascetic Prayer for the Dead in the Early Medieval West
- 15Monastic Identity in Early Medieval Ireland
- 16Constructing Monastic Space in the Early and Central Medieval West (Fifth to Twelfth Century)
- 17The Economy of Byzantine Monasteries
- Part IIThe Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
- Part IIIThe Long Twelfth Century
- Part IVForms of Monasticism in the Late Middle Ages
- Index
- References
Summary
To present the textual sources of Western monasticism up to c. 750, it is essential to involve specialists of Eastern Christianity in order to take into account the exchanges and reciprocal influences that have shaped the monks from different regions of the Christian world. In addition to my contribution on Latin sources, Michel Kaplan was responsible for the Greek sources, Anne Boud’hors for the Coptic ones, Muriel Debié for the Syriac sources (outside Palestine), and Bénédicte Lesieur for the Palestinian ones. Nevertheless, any attempt at synthesis would be premature; if many texts have been translated—from Greek to Latin and vice versa, but also into Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian, and Ethiopian—no existing repertory lists them. The current state of our knowledge is still lacunary, for it relies on an outmoded vision of history that separated and even opposed East and West.
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