| Regular Life: Monastic, Canonical, and Mendicant Rules Contributor(s): La Corte, Daniel Marcel (Editor), La Corte, Daniel Marcel (Translator), McMillan, Douglas J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1580440797 ISBN-13: 9781580440790 Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications OUR PRICE: $12.82 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 255 |
| LCCN: 2003023548 |
| Series: Teams Documents of Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.61 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume offers readers a revised and considerably expanded version of the first Regular Life, edited by McMillan and Kathryn Smith Fladenmuller in 1997. As the editors note in their introduction, "The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the Rules of life of the major religious orders within the monastic, canonical, and mendicant traditions." Included are admonitions on and examples of the various forms of regular life by Antony, Syncletica, Pachomius, Basil, Cassian, Augustine, Caesarius of Arles, Benedict of Nursia, Columbanus, and Benedict of Aniane, plus selections from Rules for Cluniacs, Carthusians, Cistercians, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers, and the followers of Saints Francis, Clare, and Dominic. |