The articles in this volume deal with the history of the abbey of Cluny, both its relations with the outside world and its internal organisation and spirituality, from its foundation in 910 until the end of the twelfth century. After an opening article on the early history of Cluny, relating it to previous monasticism and the monastic world of the tenth century, there are a group of articles on how monks were admitted to Cluny, how they were organised, what they did, and on the monastery's privileges. Two articles are concerned with Cluny's relations with the abbey of Baume and another with Cluny and the First Crusade. Finally there are a group of articles on Cluny in the twelfth century. One deals with the relations between the abbots and the increasingly assertive townsmen of Cluny and another with the confused period following the death of Peter the Venerable, when there were a series of relatively short-term abbots, and one apparent anti-abbot.

About the Author
Giles Constable, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

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'For close to half-a-century now, Giles Constable has been one of the pillars of medieval monastic studies ...every monastic library would serve itself well by striving to have a full collection of the writings of Giles Constable.' American Benedictine Review



Book Information
ISBN 9780860788157
Author Giles Constable
Format Hardback
Page Count 322
Imprint Variorum
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g