Monasticism and manuscript culture in medieval Europe : studies in Cluniac history, c. 900-1200 / Scott G. Bruce.
| Author/creator | Bruce, Scott G., 1967- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: a centuries-old murmuring -- The Benedictines -- Sources for the history of monasticism in the central Middle Ages (c. 800-1100) -- An abbot between two cultures: Maiolus of Cluny considers the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet -- Clandestine codices in the captivity narratives of Abbot Maiolus of Cluny -- Local sanctity and civic typology in early medieval Pavia: the example of the cult of Abbot Maiolus of Cluny -- The social life of an eleventh-century shrine in the Miraculorum sancti Maioli libri duo (BHL 5186) / with W. Tanner Smoot -- Lurking with spiritual intent: on the origin and functions of the monastic roundsman (circator) -- Monastic sign language in the Cluniac customaries -- The relics of Cluny -- Cluny and the crusades -- Nunc homo, cras humus: a twelfth-century Cluniac poem on the certainty of death -- Abbot Peter the Venerable's two missions to England (1130 and 1155/1156) -- Curiosity killed the monk: the history of an early medieval vice -- The dark age of Herodotus: shards of a fugitive history in early medieval Europe -- Epilogue: a treasure of Secrets. |
| Abstract | "This book is a collection of essays about the religious and cultural history of the abbey of Cluny between the tenth and twelfth centuries with an emphasis on the role of manuscripts and other aspects of written culture in the lives of the brethren who dwelt there in the Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Bruce, Scott G. (Scott Gordon), 1967- Monasticism and manuscript culture in medieval Europe. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2025 9781501784675 |
| LCCN | 2025021227 |
| ISBN | 9781501784668 |
| ISBN | 9781501784651 hardcover |
| ISBN | 150178465X paperback |
| ISBN | 1501784668 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |