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Bezig met laden... The Trauma of Monastic Reform: Community and Conflict in Twelfth-Century Germanydoor Alison I. Beach
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An interesting study of one medieval monastic community—Petershausen in what is today southwestern Germany—and its experiences with reform in the 11th-12th centuries. Alison Beach draws largely on an anonymous chronicle/necrology kept at the abbey in the 12th century to argue for a reading of monastic reform (or attempts thereof) as a form of “cultural trauma” which could play out over a number of generations. Rather than being transformation, renewal, a return to old practices, etc, Beach explores how reform could damage communities and disrupt longstanding traditions. Beach writes clearly and accessibly and with a keen eye for a good anecdote (the image of the death-by-lice will stay with me for a while). However, the same thing that gives a microhistory like this its strength (a deep dive into a single source) is also its weakness (this single source doesn’t really have enough heft to it to truly sustain Beach’s thesis about trauma). ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
This book opens a window on the lived experience of monastic reform in the twelfth century. Drawing on a variety of textual and material sources from the south German monastery of Petershausen, it begins with the local process of reform and moves out into intertwined regional social, political, and ecclesiastical landscapes. Beach reveals how the shock of reform initiated decades of anxiety at Petershausen and raised doubts about the community's communal identity, its shifting internal contours and boundaries, and its place within the broader spiritual and social landscapes of Constance and Swabia. The Trauma of Monastic Reform goes beyond reading monastic narratives of reform as retrospective expressions of support for the deeds and ideals of a past generation of reformers to explore the real human impact that the process could have, both on the individuals who comprised the target community and on those who lived for generations in its aftermath. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)271.1043462Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Religious Congregations and Orders in Church history BenedictinesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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