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Holy Entrepreneurs : Cistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twelfth-Century Burgundy / Constance Brittain Bouchard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501721038
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.944/4022 23
LOC classification:
  • HC277.B8 B67 1991eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Manuscript Sources -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Pawning, Leasing, Exchanges, and Sales -- CHAPTER TWO. Gifts and Countergifts -- CHAPTER THREE. Types of Cistercian Property -- CHAPTER FOUR. Quarrels, Claims, and Confirmation -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Cistercians’ Neighbors -- CONCLUSIONS. Economic Exchange and Cistercian Ideals -- APPENDIX. The Abbots of Cistercian Houses in Burgundy -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The twelfth century was characterized by intense spirituality as well as rapid economic development. Drawing on unprecedented research, Constance Brittain Bouchard demonstrates that the Cistercian monks of Burgundy were exemplary in both spheres. Bouchard explores the web of economic ties that linked the Cistercian monasteries with their secular neighbors, especially the knights, and reaches some surprising conclusions about Cistercian attitudes.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Manuscript Sources -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Pawning, Leasing, Exchanges, and Sales -- CHAPTER TWO. Gifts and Countergifts -- CHAPTER THREE. Types of Cistercian Property -- CHAPTER FOUR. Quarrels, Claims, and Confirmation -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Cistercians’ Neighbors -- CONCLUSIONS. Economic Exchange and Cistercian Ideals -- APPENDIX. The Abbots of Cistercian Houses in Burgundy -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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The twelfth century was characterized by intense spirituality as well as rapid economic development. Drawing on unprecedented research, Constance Brittain Bouchard demonstrates that the Cistercian monks of Burgundy were exemplary in both spheres. Bouchard explores the web of economic ties that linked the Cistercian monasteries with their secular neighbors, especially the knights, and reaches some surprising conclusions about Cistercian attitudes.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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