Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities. Studies in Honor of Richard E. Sullivan

This volume contains a series of essay in honor of the notable Carolingian scholar, Richard E. Sullivan. This volume examines the world of the medieval monk. The first section of the volume is organized around the theme of monks and the world and explores the intersections between the secular and sacred. The second section is concerned with the ideological or intellectual lives of medieval monks. These essays examine the ideas that were important to monks and that shaped the intellectual discourse of the Middle Ages