The Monastic World

A 1,200-Year History

By: Andrew Jotischky

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Hardcover | 5 November 2024 | Edition Number 1

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432 Pages

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A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries

From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did monasticism change over the thousand years or so of the Middle Ages?

Andrew Jotischky traces the history of monastic life from its origins in the fourth century to the sixteenth. He shows how religious houses sheltered the poor and elderly, cared for the sick, and educated the young. They were centres of intellectual life that owned property and exercised power but also gave rise to new developments in theology, music and art.

The Monastic World brings together the Orthodox and western stories, as well as the experiences of women, to show the full picture of medieval monasticism for the first time. This is a fascinating, wide-ranging account that broadens our understanding of life in holy orders as never before.

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Listed in Englewood Review of Books' "Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers," Fall 2024

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