Contemplation and Action - The Other Monasticism

Gilchrist, Roberta

ISBN 10: 071851730X / ISBN 13: 9780718517304

Edité par Leicester University Press, London - New York, 1995

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xiv - 250 pp. - 121 fig. Leicester University Press, London - New York 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Black linen covers with gilt spine lettering. Covers slightly stained and discolored. Some pencil marks inside. Ex. library of the Library of the Ghent University: usual labels, stamps and numbers. Otherwise a good copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Contemplation and Action - The Other Monasticism
• Éditeur: Leicester University Press, London - New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071851730X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780718517304
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History of Great Britain
  • Monastic Life

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Synopsis

Offering a social archaeology of "lesser monastic sites", this book incorporates a description and analysis of excavated remains and extant structures, a review of the relationship between historical and archaeological enquiry and a theoretical investigation of the nature of material culture and religious belief. Its main focus is on the social and economic functions defined spatially within sites and evidence is drawn from a wide range of sources: topographical setting and landscape management; structural evidence from excavated deposits and standing fabric; iconography; environmental evidence and human remains from excavated cemetaries. With particular emphasis on the transmission of religious ideas across medieval Europe, it deals with different monument types (including charitable establishments, military institutions and eremetic environments), looking at their corresponding differences in religious vocation and settlement function. Within a challenging framework, Robertson Gilchrist's approach brings to light information on a traditionally neglected area of medieval monastic history.