Christian communities & monasticism books

Focussing on the Dominican Order's activities in southeastern Poland from the canonisation of the Polish Dominican...  Read More >>

Recounts the entire history of the Knights Hospitaller, from their beginnings nine centuries ago to the present...  Read More >>

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Blending history and architecture with literary analysis, this study explores the convent's place in the early modern...  Read More >>

For almost two millennia, Christian men and women have banded together to live in devotion to God and humanity....  Read More >>

The urban, cultural and political profile of the Maltese islands is deeply marked by the presence for 268 years...  Read More >>

Die Annahme des Grundgesetzes durch den Parlamentarischen Rat am 23. Mai 1949 war die Geburtsstunde der westdeutschen...  Read More >>

"In these writings monastic wisdom meets the spiritual questions and hungers of our age. ""Much of our life may...  Read More >>

Over the past decades, within the Christian Church and in broader society, there has been an explosion of interest...  Read More >>

New monastic communities are emerging here and in the US, many as Fresh Expressions initiatives.This is a basic...  Read More >>

The Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Noyers (1872) collects 661 charters attesting to the privileges and possessions of...  Read More >>

A history of the role played by the Franciscans during the contentious Wars of Religion (1562-1594).  Read More >>

In this scholarly compilation, Pearce has searched the muniments of Westminster Abbey to uncover the names, lives...  Read More >>

From the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, Bede's authority as a scriptural exegete was second only to that of...  Read More >>

The European view of “the Turk” is taken up in this series of articles, which address the representations of Turks...  Read More >>

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Focusing on 'multimoment' histories, this title highlights specific junctures in which ideas about recruitment,...  Read More >>

Poems of advice to monks and nuns from one of the first monks to write, in the late fourth century.  Read More >>

The present volume presents the text of Gregory Bar Hebraeus' instructions for the ascetic life, commonly known...  Read More >>

This two-volume set provides a vivid glimpse of the early years of the prestigious American School for Oriental...  Read More >>

The present work presents the text of Dionysius bar Salibi's commentary on the ""100 Theses"" concerning the ascetic...  Read More >>

Scientific and comparative study of noun derivation in Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.  Read More >>

The two Books of Jeu and an unnamed Coptic Gnostic work, with a German translation; diagrams of the original reproduced...  Read More >>

The treatise of Athanasius of Alexandria on virginity, edited with critical notes and an evaluation of its origins...  Read More >>