Author:
Melville, Gert, author.
Imprint:Collegeville, Minnesota : Cistercian Publications, Liturgical Press, 2016.
Descriptionxvii, 444 pages ; 22 cm.
Note:The beginnings -- The Benedictine Rule and its longevity -- The flowering of the Benedictines -- Return to the desert -- The regular canons: the clergy's new self-understanding -- The Cistercians: collegiality instead of hierarchy -- The success of the Cistercian model -- Diversity and competition -- New concepts of belief -- The Franciscans: a mendicant order with the whole world as its monastery -- The Dominicans: holy preaching and pastoral care -- Transformations of eremitical life -- A new chapter in the story of the Vita religiosa -- Mendicant orders in conflict: struggles over poverty and observance -- Reformers and reforms at the end of the Middle Ages -- A look back -- Fundamental structures of the Vita religiosa in the Middle Ages.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-431) and indexes.
