TY - BOOK ID - 278617 TI - Three treatises from Bec on the nature of monastic life AU - Constable, Giles, AU - Constable, Giles AU - Smith, Bernard S. AU - Medieval Academy of America. PY - 2008 VL - 109 SN - 9780802092601 0802092608 1442689420 9781442689428 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Christian church history KW - Christian spirituality KW - anno 500-1499 KW - France KW - Monastic and religious life KW - Church and state KW - Vie religieuse et monastique KW - Eglise et Etat KW - History KW - Sources. KW - Histoire KW - Sources KW - Bec (Abbey) KW - Normandy (France) KW - Normandie (France) KW - Church history KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Abbots KW - Benedictines KW - Spiritual life KW - -271.1 <44 BEC> KW - Monastic life KW - Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) KW - Monasticism and religious orders KW - Vows KW - -Benedictijnen--Frankrijk--BEC KW - Christianity KW - 271.1 <44 BEC> Benedictijnen--Frankrijk--BEC KW - Benedictijnen--Frankrijk--BEC KW - Abbots. KW - Church history. KW - Bec-Hellouin, France (Benedictine abbey) KW - Abbaye du Bec KW - Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec KW - Notre-Dame du Bec (Abbey) KW - Abbey of Bec KW - Le Bec-Hellouin (France). KW - Bec-Hellouin (Abbey) KW - Benedictine Abbey of Bec-Hellouin KW - Abbayes KW - Kloosterleven. KW - Spiritual life. KW - Église et État KW - Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec (Le Bec-Hellouin, France). KW - Bec (Abbey). KW - Benedictines. KW - Histoire religieuse. KW - Superiors, Religious KW - 271.1 <44 BEC> KW - Bencések KW - Benedettini KW - Bénédictins KW - Beneditinos KW - Benedyktyni KW - O.S.B. KW - Ordem de São Bento KW - Order of Saint Benedict KW - Ordine di San Benedetto KW - Ordo Sancti Benedicti KW - OSB KW - Saint Benedict, Order of KW - Abbeys KW - Convents KW - Monasteries KW - Christianity and state KW - Separation of church and state KW - State and church KW - State, The KW - France. KW - Basse-Normandie (France) KW - Haute-Normandie (France) KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Fa-kuo KW - Fa-lan-hsi KW - Faguo KW - Falanxi KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - Farans KW - Farānsah KW - França KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Francija KW - Francja KW - Francland KW - Francuska KW - Franis KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Frankrig KW - Frankrijk KW - Frankrike KW - Frankryk KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Franse Republiek KW - Frant͡ KW - Frant͡s Uls KW - Frant͡sii͡ KW - Frantsuzskai͡a Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi͡ KW - Franza KW - French Republic KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - Frenska republika KW - Furansu KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Gallia KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - Hyãsia KW - Parancis KW - Peurancih KW - Phransiya KW - Pransiya KW - Pransya KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Pʻŭrangs KW - Ranska KW - República Francesa KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Republika Francuska KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - Republikang Pranses KW - République française KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:278617 AB - The abbey of Bec was founded in the eleventh century and was one of the best-known and most influential monasteries in Normandy. Celebrated for its high standard of religious life and its intellectual activity, Bec also had an exceptional degree of institutional independence.The three treatises collected and translated in this volume - Tractatus de professionibus monachorum ('The Profession of Monks'), De professionibus abbatum ('The Profession of Abbots'), and De libertate Beccensis monasterii ('On the Liberty of the Monastery of Bec') - are a striking statement of the position of Bec in relation to episcopal and ducal (later royal) authorities. Little is known about the anonymous author of these works except that he was a twelfth-century monk with an attachment to Augustine and Gregory the Great, and that he had considerable knowledge of canon law. His purpose in writing these treatises was to assert and justify the privileges of Bec at a time when many bishops were reacting against monastic freedom, especially with regard to profession.This volume is an important contribution to understanding not only monasticism in Normandy, but also the conflict between church and state in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. ER -