The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

by James G. Clark

Book Overview

A comprehensive survey of the origins, development, and influence of the most important monastic orders in the middle ages.

The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin middle ages. Their liturgical practice, andtheir acquired taste for learning, served as a model for the medieval church as a whole: while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843839733
• ISBN13: 9781843839736
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"