Life in the Medieval Cloister
Author: Julie Kerr
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-07-14
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 1847251617
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Magic in the Cloister
Author: Sophie Page
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2013-10-21
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0271062975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the library of the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine’s in Canterbury. The monks collected texts that provided positive justifications for the practice of magic and books in which works of magic were copied side by side with works of more licit genres. In Magic in the Cloister, Sophie Page uses this collection to explore the gradual shift toward more positive attitudes to magical texts and ideas in medieval Europe. She examines what attracted monks to magic texts, in spite of the dangers involved in studying condemned works, and how the monks combined magic with their intellectual interests and monastic life. By showing how it was possible for religious insiders to integrate magical studies with their orthodox worldview, Magic in the Cloister contributes to a broader understanding of the role of magical texts and ideas and their acceptance in the late Middle Ages.
The Age of the Cloister
Author: Christopher Brooke
Publisher: Hidden Spring
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781587680182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Among the most beautiful, spiritual and evocative structures in stone ever built are the medieval monasteries of Europe. The importance of the monastic world, its ideas and ideals, to the rise of Western civilization is second to none. The age of the cloister offers a fascinating overview of the birth and flowering of monasticism, and describes in great detail the everyday monastic life and the faith, literature, economy, architecture and culture of countless monks, hermits, nuns, canons, friars and lay men and women spanning hundreds of years.
The Cloisters
Author: Cloisters (Museum)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1588391760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"By surveying these elaborate tapestries, delicate carvings, and other objects in roughly the historical sequence in which they were created, we glimpse the evolving styles and artistic traditions of the Middle Ages and gain a more meaningful understanding of the contexts in which many of them appeared. Among the masterpieces on display at The Cloisters are the famed Unicorn Tapestries, the richly carved twelfth-century ivory cross associated with the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, known as the "Cloisters Cross," the exquisite Annuciation triptych by the Netherlandish painter Robert Campin, and many fine examples of manuscript illumination, enameling, metalwork, and stained glass." "Complete with digital color photography, map, floor plan, and glossary, this book is a contemporary guide that will reward students and enthusiasts of the Middle Ages as well as visitors seeing the Museum for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
Medieval Monasticism
Author: Clifford Hugh Lawrence
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1984-01-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780582491861
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hugh Lawrence's book ranges right across Europe and the Middle East as well as reconstructing the internal life, experience and aims of the medieval cloister, he also explores the many-sided relationships between the monasteries and the secular world from which they drew recruits. This Third Edition contains new thoughts and perspectives throughout.
Warriors of the Cloisters
Author: Christopher I. Beckwith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-09-16
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0691155313
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"In this provocative book, Christopher I. Beckwith traces how the recursive argument method was first developed by Buddhist scholars and was spread by them throughout ancient Central Asia. He shows how the method was adopted by Islamic Central Asian natural philosphers - most importantly by Avicenna, one of the most brilliant of all medieval thinkers - and transmitted to the West when Avicenna's works were translated into Latin in Spain in the twelfth century by the Jewish philosopher Ibn Dā'ūd and others. -- Book jacket.
Cloister Life in the Days of Coeur de Lion
Author: Herbert Railton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020910722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Take a journey back to the cloistered life of the Middle Ages during the time of Coeur de Lion. This book provides a fascinating look at the daily religious and secular routines of those who lived in the cloisters, as well as the unique challenges they faced during the time of war. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Medieval Cloister in England and Wales
Author: John McNeill
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-02
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 1351195050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This dedicated volume of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association draws together ten papers which, collectively, explore something of the art and architecture, styles and uses, of the medieval cloister in England and Wales. Contributors consider the continental context, cloisters in English palaces, Benedictine and Augustinian cloister arcades in the 12th and 13th centuries, architecture and meaning in Cistercian east ranges, late medieval vaulted cloisters in the West Country, cloisters at the cathedrals of Old Sarum, Canterbury, and Lincoln, and assess the extent to which the cloister bosses at Norwich cathedral priory reflect contemporary religious politics. The volume also contains an extended consideration and gazetteer of all Cistercian cloisters in England and Wales."
Life in a Medieval Monastery
Author: Marc Cels
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780778713524
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Life in a Monastery sheds light on some of the mystery surrounding the lives of medieval monks and nuns. Children will discover why people entered the monastery, the vows they took, and how they filled their days and nights in isolation from the outside world.
Medieval Monasticism
Author: C.H. Lawrence
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-07-10
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1317877306
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hugh Lawrence's book ranges right across Europe and the Middle East as well as reconstructing the internal life, experience and aims of the medieval cloister, he also explores the many-sided relationships between the monasteries and the secular world from which they drew recruits. This Third Edition contains new thoughts and perspectives throughout.
