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Founded in 910 by Duke William of Aquitaine, the abbey of Cluny rose to prominence in the eleventh century as the most influential and opulent center for monastic devotion in medieval Europe. While the twelfth century brought challenges, both internal and external, the Cluniacs showed remarkable adaptability in the changing religious climate of the high Middle Ages. Written by international experts representing a range of academic disciplines, the contributions to this volume examine the rich textual and material sources for Cluny’s history, offering not only a thorough introduction to the distinctive character of Cluniac monasticism in the Middle Ages, but also the lineaments of a detailed research agenda for the next generation of historians. Contributors are: Isabelle Rosé, Steven Vanderputten, Marc Saurette, Denyse Riche, Susan Boynton, Anne Baud, Sébastien Barret, Robert Berkhofer III, Isabelle Cochelin, Michael Hänchen, Gert Melville, Eliana Magnani, Constance B. Bouchard, Benjamin Pohl, and Scott G. Bruce.

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Author:   Scott G. Bruce ,  Steven Vanderputten
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   27
Weight:   0.882kg
ISBN:  

9789004470132

ISBN 10:   9004470131
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Steven Vanderputten and Scott G. Bruce PART 1: A Brief History of Cluny and Cluniac Monasticism 1 Tenth-Century Cluny  Isabelle Rosé 2 The Emergence of the Ecclesia Cluniacensis  Steven Vanderputten 3 Challenges of the Twelfth Century  Marc Saurette 4 Cluny in the Later Middle Ages and Beyond  Denyse Riche PART 2: Cluniac Identities 5 Imagining Early Cluny in Abbatial Biographies  Steven Vanderputten 6 Shaping Cluniac Devotion  Susan Boynton 7 Archaeology and the Abbey of Cluny  Anne Baud 8 Shaping Cluniac Memory  Sébastien Barret PART 3: The Cares of the Cloister 9 Abbatial Lordship  Robert F. Berkhofer III 10 Discipline and the Problem of Cluny’s Customaries  Isabelle Cochelin 11 The General Chapter and Cluniac Legislation  Michael Hänchen and Gert Melville 12 Cluny and Religious Women  Eliana Magnani PART 4: Beyond the Cloister 13 Cluny and Lay Patronage  Constance B. Bouchard 14 The Problem of Cluniac Exemption  Benjamin Pohl 15 Cluny and the Crusades  Scott G. Bruce 16 The Relics of Cluny  Scott G. Bruce Index

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Scott G. Bruce, Ph.D. (2000), Princeton University, is Professor of Medieval History at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. He has published several books on the history of Cluny, most recently (with Christopher A. Jones) The Relatio metrica de duobus ducibus: A Twelfth-Century Cluniac Poem on Prayer for the Dead (Brepols, 2016). Steven Vanderputten, Ph.D. (2000), Ghent University, is Professor in the History of the Early and High Middle Ages at Ghent University. He has published extensively on the history of monastic life in the medieval West, among other places in his latest monograph Medieval Monasticisms. Forms and Experiences of the Monastic Life in the Latin West (De Gruyter/Oldenbourg, 2020).

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