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001 2011294457
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008 120502s2011 be ab b 101 0 eng d
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020 $a9782503540917 (pbk.)
020 $a2503540910 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn757042281
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050 00 $aBR195.M65$bW478 2011
082 04 $a230$223
245 00 $aWestern monasticism ante litteram :$bthe space of monastic observance in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages /$cHendrik Dey & Elizabeth Fentress, eds.
260 $aTurnhout :$bBrepols,$c2011.
300 $a387 p. :$bill., maps ;$c27 cm.
490 0 $aDisciplina Monastica ;$v7
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $a"Space has always played a crucial part in defining the place that monks and nuns occupy in the world. Even during the first centuries of the monastic phenomenon, when the possible varieties of monastic practice were nearly infinite, there was a common thread in the need to differentiate the monk from the rest: whatever else they were supposed to be, monks were beings apart, unique, in some sense separate from the mainstream. The physical contours of monastic topographies, natural and constructed, are thus fundamental to an understanding of how early monks went about defining the parameters of their everyday lives, their modes of religious observance, and their interactions with the larger world around them. The group of eminent historians and archaeologists present at the American Academy in Rome in March, 2007 for the conference 'Western monasticism ante litteram'"--Back cover.
650 0 $aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600$vCongresses.
650 0 $aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500$vCongresses.
650 0 $aMonasteries$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500$vCongresses.
700 1 $aDey, Hendrik W.,$d1976-
700 1 $aFentress, Elizabeth.