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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.

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Permissions Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

The Rules

The Carolingian Reform

The Cluniac Reform

The Twelfth-Century Monastic Renewal

The Military Orders: The Knights Templar and The Hospitallers

The Mendicants: Francis, Clare, and Dominic

Selected Bibliography

Regular Life: Monastic, Canonical, and Mendicant

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/01/2004
      ISBN13: 9781580440790, 978-1580440790
      ISBN10: 1580440797

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Permissions Acknowledgments

      Preface

      Introduction

      The Rules

      The Carolingian Reform

      The Cluniac Reform

      The Twelfth-Century Monastic Renewal

      The Military Orders: The Knights Templar and The Hospitallers

      The Mendicants: Francis, Clare, and Dominic

      Selected Bibliography

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