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Book Review Of The Name Rose Truth
803 wordsImagine a medieval Benedictine monastery, with cellarer's, herbalists, gardeners, librarians, young novices. One after the other, half a dozen monks are found murdered in the most bizarre ways, and the reader very quickly finds out that the monastery, supposedly a place of piety and tranquility is the place of sin and corruption. William of Baskerville, a learned Franciscan who is sent to solve the mystery finds himself involved in the frightening events inside the abbey. This is the story of "T...
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Books Were Written Preservers Of Learning Monasteries
1,590 wordsDuring the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the monasteries served as one of the great civilizing forces by being the centers of education, preservers of learning, and hubs of economic development. Western monasticism was shaped by Saint Benedict of Nursing, who in 529, established a monastery in southern Italy. He created a workable model for running a monastery that was used by most western monastic orders of the Early Middle Ages. To the three vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity, which ...
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Love Of God God
1,745 wordsObservations on the Theologies of Abelard and Heloise Analysis of the first two letters between Heloise and Abelard demonstrates the variety of theological and practical viewpoints of thirteenth century France. Interesting points of contrast emerge on examination of their views of theological authority, Abelard? s? calamities? , their entry into monasticism, and the own-er ship of the Convent of the Paraclete. Theological Authority Comparison of these letters shows a marked difference in the the...
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