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Steven Vanderputten - Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900–1100 - 9780801451713 - V9780801451713
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Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900–1100

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Description for Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900–1100 Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.

The history of monastic institutions in the Middle Ages may at first appear remarkably uniform and predictable. Medieval commentators and modern scholars have observed how monasteries of the tenth to early twelfth centuries experienced long periods of stasis alternating with bursts of rapid development known as reforms. Charismatic leaders by sheer force of will, and by assiduously recruiting the support of the ecclesiastical and lay elites, pushed monasticism forward toward reform, remediating the inevitable decline of discipline and government in these institutions. A lack of concrete information on what happened at individual monasteries is not regarded as a significant problem, ... Read more

In Monastic Reform as Process, Steven Vanderputten puts the history of monastic reform to the test by examining the evidence from seven monasteries in Flanders, one of the wealthiest principalities of northwestern Europe, between 900 and 1100. He finds that the reform of a monastery should be studied not as an "exogenous shock" but as an intentional blending of reformist ideals with existing structures and traditions. He also shows that reformist government was cumulative in nature, and many of the individual achievements and initiatives of reformist abbots were only possible because they built upon previous achievements. Rather than looking at reforms as "flashpoint events," we need to view them as processes worthy of study in their own right. Deeply researched and carefully argued, Monastic Reform as Process will be essential reading for scholars working on the history of monasteries more broadly as well as those studying the phenomenon of reform throughout history.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801451713
SKU
V9780801451713
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About Steven Vanderputten
Steven Vanderputten is Professor of Medieval History at Ghent University. He is editor of Understanding Monastic Practices of Oral Communication and coeditor of Ecclesia in medio nationis.

Reviews for Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900–1100
Monastic Reform as Process makes important interventions in monastic studies, institutional history, and the history of the central Middle Ages as a whole. Very few scholars move so easily and aptly from broad theoretical discussion to minute analysis of particular sources and back again. Steven Vanderputten advances both our empirical knowledge of monastic communities and our insight into the concept ... Read more

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