Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
Cambridge University Press, 10/22/2020
EAN 9780521836388, ISBN10: 0521836387
Hardcover, 300 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monasticism in western and Byzantine traditions in the Near East in the period c.1050-1300. Bernard Hamilton and Andrew Jotischky follow the parallel histories of new Latin foundations alongside the survival and revival of Greek Orthodox monastic life under Crusader rule. Examining the involvement of monasteries in the newly founded Crusader States, the institutional organization of monasteries, the role of monastic life in shaping expressions of piety, and the literary and cultural products of monasteries, this meticulously researched survey will facilitate a new understanding of indigenous religious institutions and culture in the Crusader states.
Part I
Latin Monasticism
1. The Latin presence in the levant before 1097
2. The Austin canons
3. The premonstratensian canons
4. The canons regular of St. Ruf, avignon, in the county of Tripoli
5. Benedictine monasteries
6. Benedictine convents
7. Benedictine monasteries in the tradition of St. Romuald and St. Peter damian
8. The Cistercians
9. The Carmelites
10. The franciscan provincia terrae sanctae
11. The dominican provincia terrae sanctae
12. Antiochene monasteries of uncertain rite
Part II
Greek orthodox monasticism
13. Orthodox monasteries in the crusader states
a survey
14. Institutional life in Greek monasteries
15. Aspects of spiritual life in Greek monasteries
16. Reading, writing and representation.