The age of the cloister: the story of monastic life in the Middle Ages

Among the most beautiful, spiritual and evocative structures in stone ever built are the medieval monasteries of Europe. The importance of the monastic world, its ideas and ideals, to the rise of Western civilization is second to none. The age of the cloister offers a fascinating overview of the bir...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence 1927-2015 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Mahwah, N.J. HiddenSpring 2003
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:Among the most beautiful, spiritual and evocative structures in stone ever built are the medieval monasteries of Europe. The importance of the monastic world, its ideas and ideals, to the rise of Western civilization is second to none. The age of the cloister offers a fascinating overview of the birth and flowering of monasticism, and describes in great detail the everyday monastic life and the faith, literature, economy, architecture and culture of countless monks, hermits, nuns, canons, friars and lay men and women spanning hundreds of years.
Beschreibung:Revision of the author's The monastic world, 1000-1300 (1974)--Pref. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-339) and index
Beschreibung:xii, 356 p. ill., maps : 22 cm
ISBN:1587680181

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand!