New monks in old habits : the formation of the Caulite monastic order, 1193-1267 / Phillip C. Adamo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adamo, Phillip C., 1958- author.

Contributor:

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

Series:

Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 189.

Arab history and civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Valliscaulian Order--History.

Valliscaulian Order.

Valliscaulian Order--Customs and practices--History.

Monasticism and religious orders--France--Burgundy--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasteries--France--Burgundy--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monasteries.

History.

Burgundy (France)--Religious life and customs--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Burgundy (France).

France--Burgundy.

Local Subjects:

Valliscaulian Order.

Physical Description:

xiv, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Formation of the Caulite monastic order, 1193-1267

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2014]

Summary:

The vast corpus of monastic sources has proved fundamental to the growth of historical scholarship on religion in the Middle Ages. Most scholars, however, have rarely wandered far from the well-paved roads of research, studying only the most famous foundations and orders and reading and rereading the same documentary and material evidence. Phillip Adamo has chosen instead to explore the little-known order of Caulites and some unusual sources, starting with a customary. His deeply informed study of one of the last 'reform orders' founded at Val-des-Choux in Burgundy in 1193 should serve equally to deepen our own understanding of the period just before the primacy of monasticism was eclipsed by the mendicant orders (Franciscans. Dominicans, and others). But its emphasis on the economic, political and social history of the order should also help provide a more accurate and nuanced appreciation of medieval monasticism within the wider currents of the history of spirituality. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The sources

The spiritual founder

The other founder?

The Caulite ideal, economic realities, and social relations

Caulite foundations

The Caulite customary

Organization of the Caulite order

The monastery at Val-des-Choux

Epilogue. Long ago, on the road to Val-des-Choux ...

Appendix A. Important texts concerning the Caulite order

Appendix B. Analysis of the Caulite customary

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-246) and index.

Other Format:

Adamo, Phillip C., 1958-, author. New monks in old habits.

ISBN:

9780888441898

0888441894

OCLC:

878183324