Religious life between Jerusalem, the desert, and the world : selected essays by Kaspar Elm / translated by James D. Mixson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elm, Kaspar, 1929- author.

Contributor:

Mixson, James D., translator.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 180.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; Volume 180

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Europe--Religious life and customs.

Europe--Church history--600-1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few medievalists of the last generation have contributed more to our understanding of late medieval religious life than Kaspar Elm. Over the last half century his reflections, now a monumental corpus of books, essays and other publications, have explored how the life of the cloister, canonry and convent intersected with the world of the laity, church and society beyond, and how that story reflected the broader sweep of European history. Until now relatively few Anglophone scholars and students have had direct access to Elm’s work. The present translation of several of his most important essays offers itself as a modest remedy to that circumstance.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / James D. Mixson

Introduction / James D. Mixson

Francis and Dominic: The Impact and Impetus of Two Founders of Religious Orders / James D. Mixson

Fratres et Sorores Sanctissimi Sepulcri: Reflections on Fraternitas, Familia and Women’s Religious Life in the Circle of the Chapter of the Holy Sepulcher / James D. Mixson

Mendicants and Humanists in Florence in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: The Problem of Justifying Humanistic Studies in the Mendicant Orders / James D. Mixson

Decline and Renewal of the Religious Orders in the Late Middle Ages: Current Research and Research Agendas / James D. Mixson

Canons and Knights of the Holy Sepulcher: A Contribution to the Origins and Early History of the Military Orders of Palestine / James D. Mixson

The Status of Women in Religious Life, Semi-Religious Life and Heresy in the Era of St. Elizabeth / James D. Mixson

John of Capistrano’s Preaching Tour North of the Alps (1451–1456) / James D. Mixson

Vita regularis sine regula. The Meaning, Legal Status and Self-Understanding of Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Semi-Religious Life / James D. Mixson

The “Devotio Moderna” and the New Piety between the Later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era / James D. Mixson

Index / James D. Mixson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30778-8

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004307780 DOI