Monastic reform as process : realities and representations in medieval Flanders, 900-1100 /
Steven Vanderputten.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corporate memories of reform -- The "failed" reforms of the tenth century -- The "dark age" of Flemish monasticism -- Introducing the new monasticism -- Processes of reformist government -- Shaping reformed identities -- The "waning" of reformed monasticism.
Careful study of reforms in the early tenth century at seven Benedictine monastaries of the Lotharingian "mixed observance" at: Saint Bertin, Bergues-Saint-Winnoc, Marchiennes, Saint-Amand, Saint-Bavo, Saint-Peter, and Saint-Vaast. Strives to demonstrate a more nuanced view of monastic reforms of this time period.
In English.
0801468116 9780801468117
10.7591/9780801468117 doi
22573/ctt1jrf27 JSTOR
600-1500
Monasticism and religious orders--History--France--Flanders--Middle Ages, 600-1500. Monasticism and religious orders--History--Belgium--Flanders--Middle Ages, 600-1500. HISTORY--Medieval. RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations. Monasticism and religious orders--Middle Ages. Klosterreform Ordensleben
Flanders (France)--Church history. Flanders (Belgium)--Church history. Belgium--Flanders. France--Flanders. Flandern