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The Gateway to the Middle Ages: Monasticism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Eleanor Shipley Duckett
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Description for The Gateway to the Middle Ages: Monasticism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Paperback. Portrays monasticism as it developed under Columban, Benedict, and Gregory the Great Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
In an era when the sounds of monasticism's interior life speak to a new generation, Eleanor Shipley Duckett offers an illuminated description of its development under such figures as Columban, "the saint afire with Irish enthusiam"; St. Benedict, greatest of the monks, who established a pattern of the religious life still vibrant to this day; and St. Gregory, Benedict's pupil and greatest of the popes, who more than any other prepared the See of Rome for its triumphant emergence in the Middle Ages.
"Professor Duckett writes a history of this period that is as full of intellectual excitement as those ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Ann Arbor Paperbacks
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472060511
SKU
V9780472060511
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About Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Eleanor Shipley Duckett was Professor Emerita of Latin Languages and Literature, Smith College.
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