Few medievalists of the last generation have contributed more to our understanding of late medieval religious life than Kaspar Elm. This books makes several of his most important essays available for
Mixson (history, U. of Alabama) describes the movement within monasticism during the 14th and 15th centuries to return to the holy poverty of the early monks, offering an alternative to the various sc
"Based on a lifetime of research and writing, these three lectures of Father Ulrich Horst, O.P., provide a masterful overview with copious references of the predominant, official, and evolving positio
This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of early medieval Europe to the religious ruptures of t
