Friendship and community : the monastic experience, 350-1250

The wisdom of the Eastern Fathers -- The Western Fathers and the search for community -- The monk and the wanderer : varieties of early medieval friendship -- The eclipse of monastic friendship, c. 850-c.1120 -- Reform and renewal : new impulses towards friendship, c. 1050-c. 1120 -- The age of frie...

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Auteur principal: McGuire, Brian Patrick 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. [u.a.] : Cornell Univ. Press, 2010
Édition:1. print. Cornell Paperbacks, with a new introd.
Sujets:Monastic and religious life Friendship Mönchtum Freundschaft Geschichte 350-1250 Kloster
Description matérielle:LXXI, 571 S
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Résumé:The wisdom of the Eastern Fathers -- The Western Fathers and the search for community -- The monk and the wanderer : varieties of early medieval friendship -- The eclipse of monastic friendship, c. 850-c.1120 -- Reform and renewal : new impulses towards friendship, c. 1050-c. 1120 -- The age of friendship : networks of friends, c. 1120-c. 1180 -- Aelred of Rievaulx and the limits of friendship -- Continuity and change : the persistence of friendship, c. 1180-c. 1250
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Description matérielle:LXXI, 571 S
ISBN:9780801476723
0801476720