Description
This is study of the lived experience of monastic reform within the troubled and violent landscape of twelfth-century Germany.
About the Author
Alison I. Beach is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University, Columbus. She is the author of Women as Scribes: Book Production and Monastic Reform in Twelfth-Century Bavaria (Cambridge, 2004) and is also editor, with Isabelle Cochelin, of the forthcoming two-volume Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West for the Cambridge New History Series.
Reviews
'Her excellent study is eminently grounded in the sources and her prose is exceptionally readable as she weaves an accessible narrative out of complicated and disparate evidence. Even when her technical paleographical and codicological methodology appears in the book, it never distracts from, and only enhances, the story she tells. This is an accomplishment, to be sure. The Trauma of Monastic Reform will be useful not only for monastic historians and medievalists, but also for those interested in the dynamics of reform in general.' Jacob Doss, Reading Religion
'Alison Beach's short but rich monograph on what she calls the 'trauma' of medieval monastic reform is both inspired and inspirational ... [It is] one of the most readable and accomplished studies on a medieval monastic community and the shared experiences of its members since the publication of Susan Boynton's classic monograph on the imperial abbey of Farfa.' Benjamin Pohl, The Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies
'Readers will appreciate this book not only as a novel contribution to the issues surrounding resistance to reform in medieval monasticism, but also as an introduction to the abbey of Petershausen's remarkable Chronicle, which is rich in vivid anecdotes about the many local and regional challenges facing a Benedictine community in the early twelfth century.' Scott G. Bruce, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'... The Trauma of Monastic Reform is a valuable and insightful book.' Phyllis G. Jestice, The American Historical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781108417310
Author Alison I. Beach
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 440g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 18mm