Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780836858976
Describes the origins of monasteries, the daily life of monks and nuns, and the challenges the monastic movement faced during the ninth and tenth centuries.
Author : Roger Rosewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0747812888
An illustrated look at life in abbeys and priories, and within the monastic orders, in the middle ages. Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches. This book examines the growth of monasticism and the different orders of monks; the architecture and administration of monasteries; the daily life of monks and nuns; the art of monasteries and their libraries; their role in caring for the poor and sick; their power and wealth; their decline and suppression; and their ruin and rescue. With beautiful photographs, it illustrates some of Britain's finest surviving monastic buildings such as the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral and the awe-inspiring ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
Author : Ronald Rolheiser
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1640603743
What is a monastery? A monastery is a place set apart—a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God’s. Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things. The vocation of monastic men and women is to physically withdraw from the world. But the principle is equally valid for those of us who cannot go off to monasteries. Certain vocations offer the same kind of opportunity for contemplation, and provide a desert for reflection. These writings are beautifully presented in a special cloth packaging, hardcover edition. In ten brief and powerful chapters, Fr. Ron explores how the life of the monastery can apply to those who don't live inside the walls of the cloister: Monasticism and Family Life The Domestic Monastery Real Friendship Lessons from the Monastic Cell Ritual for Sustaining Prayer Tensions within Spirituality A Spirituality of Parenting Spirituality and the Seasons of Our Lives The Sacredness of Time Life’s Key Question
Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 098233012X
Author : Berthe Jansen
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0520297008
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Monastery Rules discusses the position of the monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies and how that position was informed by the far-reaching relationship of monastic Buddhism with Tibetan society, economy, law, and culture. Jansen focuses her study on monastic guidelines, or bca’ yig. The first study of its kind to examine the genre in detail, the book contains an exploration of its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, while also containing rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Jansen argues that the monastic institutions’ influence on society was maintained not merely due to prevailing power-relations, but also because of certain deep-rooted Buddhist beliefs.
Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732662454
Reproduction of the original: A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
Author : Paulist Press
Publisher : Hidden Spring
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587680625
A traveler's guidebook to religious houses all over Italy that accept overnight guests. Complete information about and directions for each house are included. +
Author : Greg Peters
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441227210
Some evangelicals perceive monasticism as a relic from the past, a retreat from the world, or a shirking of the call to the Great Commission. At the same time, contemporary evangelical spirituality desires historical Christian manifestations of the faith. In this accessibly written book Greg Peters, an expert in monastic studies who is a Benedictine oblate and spiritual director, offers a historical survey of monasticism from its origins to current manifestations. Peters recovers the riches of the monastic tradition for contemporary spiritual formation and devotional practice, explaining why the monastic impulse is a valid and necessary manifestation of the Christian faith for today's church.
Author : Hunt Janin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1476650055
The Middle Ages in Western Europe extended from roughly 500 to 1500 c.e. During these thousand years, hundreds of monastic communities were founded and played important roles in religious, economic, social, literary and even military realms. Each had different emphases and goals, ranging from aristocratic monasteries and nunneries that offered comfort and security, to rural institutions that specialized only in the most ascetic lifestyles. This book has two goals. The first is to detail the most significant monastic and secular events of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, such as the decline of the Roman Catholic Church, the rise of Protestantism and the various types and purposes of monasteries and nunneries. The second is to introduce some notable (and unusual) individuals who made their mark upon the Middle Ages-- such as Eustache, the French monk who became a pirate and made a pact with the Devil.
Author : Elizabeth S. Bolman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 38,58 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300092245
The book reproduces the cleaned paintings for the first time. It also describes and analyzes their amalgam of Coptic (Egyptian Christian), Byzantine, and Arab styles and motifs as well as the religious culture to which they belong. In 1996, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and at the request of the Monastery of St. Antony, the Antiquities Development Project of the American Research Center in Egypt began the conservation of the paintings in the church. The paintings revealed by the conservators are of extremely high quality, both stylistically and conceptually. While rooted in the Christian tradition of Egypt, they also reveal explicit connections with Byzantine and Islamic art of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Some newly discovered paintings can even be dated back to the sixth or seventh century.
