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This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful view of traditional monastic life against the backdrop of contemporary interactions with bishops and lay patrons, the process of monastic reform, and the local and supra-regional disruption driven by the struggle over investiture.
List of contents
Introduction
The Chronicle of Petershausen
Prologue
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four
Translation of the Relics of St. Gebhard
Additional Entries
Book Five
Book Six
Appendix 1:
The Life of St. GebhardAppendix 2: Concordance of book and chapter numbering
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Alison I. Beach is Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews
Shannon M. T. Li, PhD is a professional indexer and proprietor of Li Indexing
Samuel S. Sutherland is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University
Summary
This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful view of traditional monastic life against the backdrop of contemporary interactions with bishops and lay patrons, the process of monastic reform, and the local and supra-regional disruption driven by the struggle over investiture. -- .
