The pursuit of salvation: community, space, and discipline in early medieval monasticism : with a critical edition and translation of the Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines
A history of the monastic pursuit of eternal salvation in the early medieval West, revolving around a seventh-century monastic rule for nuns, the 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines'.00The seventh-century 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines' (Someone?s Rule for Virgins), which was most likely...
| Published in: | Disciplina monastica |
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| Subtitles: | Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Turnhout
Brepols
2021
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| In: |
Disciplina monastica (13)
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| Series/Journal: | Disciplina monastica
13 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Monasticism
/ Community
/ Rule of a religious order
/ Middle Ages
/ History 500-900
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | A history of the monastic pursuit of eternal salvation in the early medieval West, revolving around a seventh-century monastic rule for nuns, the 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines'.00The seventh-century 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines' (Someone?s Rule for Virgins), which was most likely written by Jonas of Bobbio, the hagiographer of the Irish monk Columbanus, forms an ideal point of departure for writing a new history of the emergence of Western monasticism understood as a history of the individual and collective attempt to pursue eternal salvation.0The book provides a critical edition and translation of the 'Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines' and a roadmap for such a new history revolving around various aspects of monastic discipline, such as the agency of the community, the role of enclosure, authority and obedience, space and boundaries, confession and penance, sleep and silence, excommunication and expulsion The seventh-century Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines (Someone’s Rule for Virgins), which was most likely written by Jonas of Bobbio, the hagiographer of the Irish monk Columbanus, forms an ideal point of departure for writing a new history of the emergence of Western monasticism understood as a history of the individual and collective attempt to pursue eternal salvation. The book provides a critical edition and translation of the Regula cuiusdam ad uirgines and a roadmap for such a new history revolving around various aspects of monastic discipline, such as the agency of the community, the role of enclosure, authority and obedience, space and boundaries, confession and penance, sleep and silence, excommunication and expulsion. |
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| ISBN: | 2503589618 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/M.DM-EB.5.120300 |