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Friendship and community : the monastic experience, 350-1250 /

McGuire, Brian Patrick, 1946-

Friendship and community : the monastic experience, 350-1250 / by Brian Patrick McGuire. - lxxi, 571 pagine ; 23 cm.

Include bibliografia (pagine 514-541) e indice.

The wisdom of the Eastern Fathers -- The Western Fathers and the search for community -- The monk and the wanderer : varieties of early medieval friendship -- The eclipse of monastic friendship, c. 850-c.1120 -- Reform and renewal : new impulses towards friendship, c. 1050-c. 1120 -- The age of friendship : networks of friends, c. 1120-c. 1180 -- Aelred of Rievaulx and the limits of friendship -- Continuity and change : the persistence of friendship, c. 1180-c. 1250.

9780801476723


Monachesimo e ordini religiosi--Medioevo
Amicizia--Aspetti cristiani--Medioevo

BX2435 / .M397 2010

271.009/02