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The Rule of Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict Of Nursia
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Hardback. One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features for both first-time readers and scholars of medieval history and language. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of interest for first-time readers of the Rule as well as for scholars of medieval history and language. The Latin text is a transcription of manuscript 914 of the Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland), an early ninth-century copy regarded as the version that most closely reproduces Benedict's style. The saint's idiom was informal, sometimes conversational, and heavily influenced ... Read more
One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of interest for first-time readers of the Rule as well as for scholars of medieval history and language. The Latin text is a transcription of manuscript 914 of the Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland), an early ninth-century copy regarded as the version that most closely reproduces Benedict's style. The saint's idiom was informal, sometimes conversational, and heavily influenced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674053045
SKU
V9780674053045
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About Saint Benedict Of Nursia
Bruce L. Venarde is Professor of History and Classics at the University of Pittsburgh.
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