Water in medieval intellectual culture: case-studies from twelfth-century monasticism

This study examines the significance and the deployment of fluid imagery in the composition, narration, and recollection of organised thought in the High Middle Ages through a blend of environmental and intellectual history. This volume provides a new contribution to the understanding of twelfth-cen...

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Published in:Cursor mundi
Subtitles:Water as medieval intellectual intity: case studies in twelfth-century Western monasticism
Main Author: Smith, James L. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Western Australia (Degree granting institution)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols [2017]
In: Cursor mundi (volume 30)
Series/Journal:Cursor mundi volume 30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Water (Motif) / Philosophy / Literature / Culture / Monasticism / History 1100-1200
Further subjects:B Monks' writings History and criticism
B Water
B Literature, Medieval History and criticism Europe
B Monks' writings
B Water Religious aspects Christianity
B Water in literature
B Literature, Medieval
B Monastic and religious life
B Thesis
B Water spirits in literature
B Monastic and religious life Middle Ages
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