Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States

The first comprehensive survey of monasteries and monasticism in the Near East during the 'Crusader' period.

List of contents

Part I: Latin Monasticism: 1. The Latin presence in the levant before 1097; 2. The Austin canons; 3. The premonstratensian canons; 4. The canons regular of St. Ruf, avignon, in the county of Tripoli; 5. Benedictine monasteries; 6. Benedictine convents; 7. Benedictine monasteries in the tradition of St. Romuald and St. Peter damian; 8. The Cistercians; 9. The Carmelites; 10. The franciscan provincia terrae sanctae; 11. The dominican provincia terrae sanctae; 12. Antiochene monasteries of uncertain rite; Part II: Greek orthodox monasticism: 13. Orthodox monasteries in the crusader states: a survey; 14. Institutional life in Greek monasteries; 15. Aspects of spiritual life in Greek monasteries; 16. Reading, writing and representation.

About the author

Bernard Hamilton (1932-2019) was Professor of Crusading History at the University of Nottingham. His numerous publications include The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (2000), Religion in the Medieval West (2003) and The Christian World of the Middle Ages (2013).Andrew Jotischky is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway University of London. He is the author of Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Edition, 2017), The Carmelites and Antiquity: Mendicants and their Pasts in the Middle Ages (2002), The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Months in the Crusader States (1995) as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals.

Summary

Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monasteries and monasticism in western and Byzantine traditions in the Near East during the Crusader period c.1050-1300.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Hamilton, Bernard (University of Nottingham) Hamilton, Bernard (University of Nottingham) Jotis Hamilton, Professor Bernard Hamilton, Professor Bernard Jotischky Hamilton, Andrew Jotischky, Andrew (Royal Holloway Jotischky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780521836388
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83638-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Christianity, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism