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The role of monastic institutions in society during the Central Middle Ages has been much debated in medieval studies. Some scholars saw monasticism as the principal motivator of economic, social, intellectual and spiritual' progress in human society, while others regarded monastic ideology as fundamentally anti-social and oriented towards itself. Today monasticism is studied as a social entity which needed interactions with the outside world, not only to subsist in a physical sense, but also to give a clear sense of purpose to its members. This volume seeks to identify some of the major questions that will dominate research into monasticism in the years to come. Contributions deal with the evolution of monasticism itself, its links with aristocracy, the economic relations of religious communities and their physical and ideological bounderies, and the representation of the outside world in monastic manuscripts.

Christian spirituality --- anno 800-1199 --- anno 1200-1499 --- Monasticism and religious orders --- History --- Academic collection --- 271 --- Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme --- Religion Religious congregations and orders in church history --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- Histoire --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Addresses, essays, lectures --- Ordres monastiques et religieux --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Monasticism and religious orders - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 - Congresses