Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany
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'Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany provides a skillfully annotated and translated text of the Petershausen Chronicles. The Chronicles not only provide a glimpse into twelfth-century German monasticism and society, they are a fascinating read: a saint who refuses to give up his relics, a cruel murderer who boils his victim, battle scenes, visions, miracles, and delightfully detailed descriptions make the Chronicles anything but a dry historical account.'
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The American Benedictine Review
Monastic experience in twelfth-century Germany provides a rare window on to monastery life in the tumultuous world of twelfth-century Swabia. From its founding in 992 through the great fire that ravaged it in 1159 and beyond, Petershausen weathered countless external attacks and internal divisions. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Manchester University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 248
- ISBN
- 9781526126788
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Om forfatteren
Shannon M. T. Li, PhD is a professional indexer and proprietor of Li Indexing
Samuel S. Sutherland is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University -- .
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'Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany provides a skillfully annotated and translated text of the Petershausen Chronicles. The Chronicles not only provide a glimpse into twelfth-century German monasticism and society, they are a fascinating read: a saint who refuses to give up his relics, a cruel murderer who boils his victim, battle scenes, visions, miracles, and delightfully detailed descriptions make the Chronicles anything but a dry historical account.'
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The American Benedictine Review