Treatise on monastic studies : 1691 / Dom Jean Mabillon ; translated with an introduction by John Paul McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mabillon, Jean, 1632-1707.

Contributor:

McDonald, John Paul.

Standardized Title:

Traité des études monastiques. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monastic and religious life.

Physical Description:

xxii, 340 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Toronto : University Press of America, 2004.

Summary:

This is the first English translation of Dom Jean Mabillon's treatise that defends the propriety of study and research as an occupation for monks, and lays out a course of studies for young Benedictines training to be scholars. This edition includes a translator's introduction, suggestions for further reading on the monastic studies controversy, all Mabillon's marginal notes, a bibliography of all published works mentioned in the text, and an index.

Contents:

Mabillon's Title Page 1

Mabillon's Letter of Dedication 3

Mabillon's Table of Contents 9

Mabillon's Preface 13

Mabillon's List of Principal Difficulties 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-318) and index.

ISBN:

0761828915

OCLC:

56351429