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The Monk and the Book
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 38.00In the West, monastic ideals and scholastic pursuits are complementary; monks are popularly imagined copying classics, preserving learning through the Middle Ages, and establishing the first universities. But this dual identity is not without its contradictions. While monasticism emphasizes the virtues of poverty, chastity, and humility, the scholar,... more...
The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden, 2
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 64.99St. Brigitta of Sweden (1303-73, canonized 1391) was one of the most charismatic and influential visionaries of the later Middle Ages. Altogether, she received some seven hundred revelations, dealing with subjects ranging from meditations on the human condition, domestic affairs in Sweden, and ecclesiastical matters in Rome, to revelations in praise... more...
A Monastic Renaissance at St Albans
Clarendon Press 2004; US$ 184.99A Monastic Renaissance at St Albans is a study of intellectual life - teaching, preaching, the production of books, and the pursuit of scholarship - at one of England's greatest monasteries at the end of the Middle Ages. It has always been assumed that the monasteries fell into decline long before the Dissolution, but this study demonstrates the... more...
Managing Monks
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 64.99The paradigmatic Buddhist is the monk. It is well known that ideally Buddhist monks are expected to meditate and study -- to engage in religious practice. The institutional structure which makes this concentration on spiritual cultivation possible is the monastery. But as a bureaucratic institution, the monastery requires administrators to organize... more...
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 140.00The area of Buddhist monasticism has long attracted the interest of Buddhist studies scholars and historians, but the interpretation of the nature and function of monasteries across diverse cultures and vast historical periods remains a focus for debate. This book provides a multifaceted discussion of religious, social, cultural, artistic, and political... more...
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.95The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history... more...
Monk Habits for Everyday People
Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00An evangelical theologian who has researched and practices Benedictine spirituality offers an accessible introduction to this time-tested practice. more...
Negotiating Clerical Identities
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. more...
Monodies and On the Relics of Saints
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 16.99The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions , the Monodies is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals,... more...
The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 53.00This book explores the intellectual foundations of the Benedictine reform in tenth-century England. It examines the importance of the vernacular at Bishop Ęthelwold's influential Winchester school. Ęthelwold's early career is also examined, showing the influence King Ęthelstan's court had on intellectual and spiritual thought. more...









