Emotional Monasticism - Affective Piety in the Eleventh-Century Monastery of John of Fecamp

Informationen zum Autor Lauren Mancia is Assistant Professor of History at Brooklyn College, City University of New York Klappentext Drawing on the devotional culture of John of Fécamp's Norman monastery, Emotional monasticism exposes the monastic roots of medieval affective piety, casts a new light on the devotional life of monks in Europe before the twelfth century and redefines how medievalists should teach the history of Christian devotion. Zusammenfassung Drawing on the devotional culture of John of Fécamp’s Norman monastery, Emotional monasticism exposes the monastic roots of medieval affective piety, casts a new light on the devotional life of monks in Europe before the twelfth century and redefines how medievalists should teach the history of Christian devotion. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Reforming the reader's interior: defining emotional reform in John of Fécamp's Confessio theologica 2 Dicta mea sunt dicta patrum? Tradition and innovation in John's writing3 Reforming the monastic community: the uses of John's devotional method within the walls of Fécamp4 Reforming monks in the temporal world:John's devotional principles cultivated in the Anglo-Norman landscape 5 John's medieval legacy: the monastic roots of affective pietyConclusionIndex

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• Authors: Mancia Lauren Lauren, Lauren Mancia, Lauren (Assistant Professor of History) Mancia
• Assisted by: T. J. H. Mccarthy (Editor), Stephen Mossman (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781526140203
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4020-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Artes Liberales; Artes Liberales; Artes Liberales Mup
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages