Medieval Monasticism: A Select Bibliography

Editor’s Preface v Author’s Preface xv Abbreviations xxi
I REFERENCE 1
Bibliographies 3
GENERAL 3 CARTULARIES 3 SPECIAL 4
Egypt 4; Ireland 4; Benedictines 4; Cistercians 5 SERIAL 5
Journals 7
GENERAL 7 BENEDICTINE 7 CISTERCIAN 8 PREMONSTRATENSIAN 8
Series 9
Dictionaries 10
Atlases 11
II MONASTIC HISTORY 13
General 15
COLLECTIVE WORKS 15 GENERAL SURVEYS 15 MONASTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY 16 SOCIOLOGY OF MONASTICISM 16 Benedictine 17; Byzantine 17
Eastern Monasticism 18
GENERAL 18 ORIGINS 18 EASTERN SAINTS 19 MONKS AND SOCIETY 20 BYZANTINE MONASTICISM 20 EGYPT 21
Anthony 22; Pachomius 22; Cassian 23 Palladius and the Lausiac History 23 PALESTINE 23 LEBANON 24 SYRIA 24
OUTSIDE THE ROMAN EMPIRE 25 ASIA MINOR 25 Basil 25; Constantinople 26 GREECE 26 RUSSIA 27
Western Monasticism: Chronological 28
GENERAL 28
Short Surveys 28; Collected Articles by Individual Authors 28; Orders and Congregations 29; Benedictine Monasticism 30: Collective Works 32, Benedictine Saints 32
FOURTH TO TENTH CENTURIES 32 General 32; North Africa 33; Fathers of the Church 33: Ambrose 33, Jerome 34, Augustine 34, Gregory the Great 34; Monastic Missionaries 35: Columbanus 35, Pirmin 35,
Boniface 35; Carolingians 36; Benedict of Aniane 36 TENTH TO TWELFTH CENTURIES 37 General 37; Cluny 38; Reform Movements of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries 39; The ‘Crisis of Cenobitism’ 41; Camaldoli 41; Vallombrosa 42; Carthusians 42; Cistercians 43 Origins 44, Bernard of Qairvaux 46; Other Orders and Centres of Reform 46: La Chaise-Dieu 46, Fontevrault 46, Grand- mont 46, Molesme 47, Montevergine 47, Pulsano 47,
Savigny 47, Sempringham 48, Siegburg 48, Williamites 48 THIRTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES 48 General 48; Orders and Centres of Reform 49: Celestines 49, Monte Oliveto 49, S. Giustina, Padua 49, Bursfeld 50
Western Monasticism: Special Topics 51
CANONS 51
General 51; Premonstratensians 52; Other Orders 52: Arrouaise 52, LArtige 53, Aureil 53, Rottenbuch 53,
St Rufus 53
HERMITS AND RECLUSES 54 General 54; Regional 54: England 54, France 55, Germany 55, Spain 55
WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS LIFE 56 General 56; Consecrated Virgins 57; Cistercians 57; Bridgettines 58; Regional 58; Beguines 59; Canonesses 59: Regular 59, Secular 60; Double Monasteries 60
Western Monasticism: Regional 62
BRITISH ISLES 62
Maps 62; Repertories 62; England 63; Cistercians and Carthusians 66; Canons 66; Scotland 66; Wales 67; Ire¬ land 67; Irish Monks on the Continent 68
FRANCE 69
Repertories 69; General 70; Early and High Middle Ages 70; Regions 71; Late Middle Ages 72; Canons 72 HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (GERMANY AND AUSTRIA) 73 Repertories 73; General Church Histories 74; General 74; Regions 75; Late Middle Ages 76; Cistercians 77; Canons 77
HUNGARY 78 IBERIAN PENINSULA 79 Repertories 79; General 79; Early Middle Ages 79;
Regions 80; Congregations 81; Canons 81
ITALY 82
Maps 82; Repertories 82; General and Early Middle Ages 82; Regional Origins 83; Rome 84; North Italy 84; Greek Monasticism in Central and South Italy and Sicily 85; Norman Kingdom 86
LOW COUNTRIES (HOLLAND AND BELGIUM) 87 Repertories 87; General 87 POLAND 88 SCANDINAVIA 89 SWITZERLAND 89
Ill MONASTIC LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS 91
General Considerations 93
TERMINOLOGY 93
TYPES OE MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS 93 FOUNDATION 94
SITES AND NAMES OF MONASTERIES 94 NUMBERS OF MONKS 95 SOCIAL ORIGINS OF MONKS 95
Monastic Government 96
GENERAL 96 CHAPTER-GENERAL 97 ABBOT AND COMMUNITY 97 ABBOT 97
Election 98; Special Periods and Regions 99; Consecration 99; Insignia 99; Resignation 100
Relations with Outside Authorities 101
POPES 101 Papal Protection 102 BISHOPS 103 Exemption 103
SECULAR AUTHORITIES 104 Lay Powers over Monasteries 104; Regional Studies 104; Immunity 106
Economy 107
GENERAL 107 Benedictine Monasticism 107 CHURCH PROPERTY 108
Monastic Dependents 108; Byzantine Monasticism 109 AGRICULTURE 109 CISTERCIANS 109 GRANGES 110
ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES 111 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 111 MONASTERIES AND TOWNS 112 INTERNAL ECONOMY 112 Mensa 112; Corrodies 113 REGIONS 113
Belgium 113; British Isles 114; France 115: Alsace- Lorraine 115, Guny 115, Lyonnais 116, La Marche 116, Normandy 116; Germany 117; Italy 117; Spain 118
Rules and Customs 119
GENERAL 119 EASTERN 119 REGULA BENEDICTl 119 REGULA MIXTA 120 CUSTOMS 121 CISTERCIANS 121 CANONS 122
The Status of Monks 123
OBLATION 123 CONVERSION 124 Cistercian Lay-Brothers 124 AD SUCCURENDUM 125
CONFRATERNITY AND FAMILIARITAS 125 LEGAL STATUS OF MONKS 126 NOVITIATE 126 PROFESSION 127 CONSECRATION 127 TONSURE 127 CLOTHING 128
CHASTITY AND CELIBACY 128 OBEDIENCE 129 STABILITY 129 TRANSITUS 129
Life and Activities 130
GENERAL 130 SILENCE 130 SIGN LANGUAGE 131 DIET 131
CURA CORPORIS 131 LITURGY 132
Liturgies of the Orders 132; Early Monks 133; Office 133; Breviary 134; Liturgical Hours 134; Liturgical Commemoration MONASTIC PRIESTHOOD 135 MONK-BISHOPS 136 PASTORAL WORK 137 CHARITABLE WORK 137 LITERATURE AND LEARNING 138 SCHOOLS 139 LIBRARIES 140 MEDICINE 141
ART AND ARCHITECTURE 141 Monastic Plans 141; Aerial Photography 142; Architecture 142; Prance 143; British Isles 143; St Gall 143; Reichenau 144; Cluny and the Cluniacs 144; Cistercians 145; Other Orders 145
Monastic Ideals and Spirituality 146
BIBLIOGRAPHY 146 GENERAL 146
MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY IN VERNACULAR POETRY 148
MYSTICISM 149 CLUNY 149 CISTERCIANS 149 CANONS 149 BYZANTINE 150 RUSSIAN 150 LATE MIDDLE AGES 150
IMAGES OF MONASTICISM IN VERNACULAR POETRY 152 CONCEPT OF MONASTIC LIFE 152 Angelic Life 153; Apostolic Life 153 FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 154 CONTEMPT FOR THE WORLD 154 FRIENDSHIP 155 POVERTY 155 WORK 156
PEREGRINATION 156 ASCETICISM 157 DEVOTIONS 158 VIRTUES AND VICES 159
Index of Authors and Editors 160