Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Monastery: Struggling towards God

Lauren Mancia

Published by ARC Humanities Press 2023

Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Monastery

Struggling towards God

Lauren Mancia

In the series Spirituality and Monasticism, East and West

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781802701074

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Explores the dimensions of medieval monastic meditation, prayer, and contemplation in the heyday of Benedictine and Cistercian spiritual writing, the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

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Mancia Lauren :

Lauren Mancia is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author of Emotional Monasticism: Affective Piety in the Eleventh-Century Monastery of John of Fécamp (2019).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Chapter 1. WHAT WERE “MEDITATION” AND “PRAYER” IN THE MEDIEVAL MONASTERY? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. The Journey to God Through Meditation and Prayer According to Eleventh- and Twelfth-century Monastic Thinkers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. From Theory to Practice: The Experience of Monastic Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. Envisioning the Invisible: The Use of Art in Monastic Meditation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Select English-Language Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
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Language: English
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 120
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
Keywords: History of Emotions; Monasticism; Medieval Christianity; asceticism

eBook

Published: May 31, 2023
ISBN: 9781802701074