Monasticism became part of European culture from the early period of Christianity and developed into a powerful institution that had a profound effect on the greater Church, on wider society, and on the landscape. Monastic communities were as diverse as the societies in which they lived, following a variety of rules, building monasteries influenced by common ideals and yet diverse in their regionalism, while also contributing to the economic and spiritual well-being inside and outside their precincts
From the deserts of Egypt to the emergence of the great monastic orders, the story of late antique a...
The classic trait of Christian monasticism is fuga mundi, “flight from the world.” This separation f...
In this study, we aim to analyse some of the dynamics adopted by monastic communities in defining th...
Miracles played an important role in the medieval monasticism both as an element of broadly shared c...
The article concentrates on two problematical reference points, that is, 1) the moment of foundation...
Cistercian scholars often explore the order\u27s early history (its 1098 establishment in northern F...
Recent history demonstrates the importance of religious belief as a fundamental historical force. In...
While in recent years the term asceticism has been considered the most appropriate term to compare v...
The monastic tradition has its roots in the New Testament practices of withdrawing into the desert, ...
Each order has its own history of creation, and new rules or regulations are introduced. Most religi...
In the sixth century Saint Benedict recorded that he was composing his rule for monastic communities...
Before the end of the thirteenth century, the two Ligurian female monasteries attested in the extant...
In the twelfth century the Christian Church experienced a revolution in its religious organisation a...
The topic of the diploma thesis is the activity of the Cistercian monastic order in the area of Tusc...
Monasticism is a method used by the monk to worship and is cut off in his hermitage from the world i...
From the deserts of Egypt to the emergence of the great monastic orders, the story of late antique a...
The classic trait of Christian monasticism is fuga mundi, “flight from the world.” This separation f...
In this study, we aim to analyse some of the dynamics adopted by monastic communities in defining th...
Miracles played an important role in the medieval monasticism both as an element of broadly shared c...
The article concentrates on two problematical reference points, that is, 1) the moment of foundation...
Cistercian scholars often explore the order\u27s early history (its 1098 establishment in northern F...
Recent history demonstrates the importance of religious belief as a fundamental historical force. In...
While in recent years the term asceticism has been considered the most appropriate term to compare v...
The monastic tradition has its roots in the New Testament practices of withdrawing into the desert, ...
Each order has its own history of creation, and new rules or regulations are introduced. Most religi...
In the sixth century Saint Benedict recorded that he was composing his rule for monastic communities...
Before the end of the thirteenth century, the two Ligurian female monasteries attested in the extant...
In the twelfth century the Christian Church experienced a revolution in its religious organisation a...
The topic of the diploma thesis is the activity of the Cistercian monastic order in the area of Tusc...
Monasticism is a method used by the monk to worship and is cut off in his hermitage from the world i...
From the deserts of Egypt to the emergence of the great monastic orders, the story of late antique a...
The classic trait of Christian monasticism is fuga mundi, “flight from the world.” This separation f...
In this study, we aim to analyse some of the dynamics adopted by monastic communities in defining th...