Author:
Peters, Greg, 1971-
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, [2015]
Descriptionix, 278 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Introduction: The monastic impulse -- The origins of Christian monasticism -- Of anchorites and cenobites -- The rule -- The flowering of Benedictine monasticism -- Other voices: Celtic, Frankish, and Eastern monasticism -- Challenges of Christendom -- The road to reform -- The Cistercians, Carthusians, and other reforming orders -- Regular canons, hospitallers, and the military orders -- The friars -- Decline or development? : lay piety and religious life in the late medieval era -- The reformers and counter-reformers -- Protestants and monasticism after the Reformation -- Continuing Roman Catholic monastic practice -- Epilogue: Monasticism today and tomorrow.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.
