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Narratives of a new order : Cistercian historical writing in England, 1150-1220 / by Elizabeth Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- Medieval church studies ; 2.
- Medieval Church Studies ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cistercians--England--History--Sources.
- Cistercians.
- Monastic and religious life--Early works to 1800.
- Monastic and religious life.
- England--Church history--1066-1485.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author examines the classic genre for inventing a past, argueing that historical narratives of the English Cistercians helped define the characteristics of the new Cistercian monastic order as well as new political orders of twelfth- and thirteenth-century England.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Multiple Meanings for Multiple Audiences; 2. The Timeless Nation: Aelred of Rievaulx's; 3. Building Solid Foundations; 4. Resolving Uncertainty; 5. The Literal and the Allegorical; 6. Meanings in the Borders; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 14, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 2-503-52634-9
- OCLC:
- 649983556
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