This book is concerned with the concepts of Christian holiness and spirituality, from Late Antiquity through to the Middle Ages. The first group of articles focuses on the Desert Fathers, the following ones examine key figures in the monastic history of the medieval West, dealing above all with England and with Bede and Anselm of Canterbury. Throughout, Benedicta Ward's aim has been to find an approach that makes full sense of Christian writings, notably the hagiography, miracles and all. This should not be seen, she argues ...
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This book is concerned with the concepts of Christian holiness and spirituality, from Late Antiquity through to the Middle Ages. The first group of articles focuses on the Desert Fathers, the following ones examine key figures in the monastic history of the medieval West, dealing above all with England and with Bede and Anselm of Canterbury. Throughout, Benedicta Ward's aim has been to find an approach that makes full sense of Christian writings, notably the hagiography, miracles and all. This should not be seen, she argues, simply as biography, nor as a quarry for information on social history, valuable though it may be for those purposes. The primary object of these Lives - as of the people about whom they were written - was religious; to neglect this meaning is to risk fundamentally misunderstanding these texts. Ce volume traite des concepts de la saintet� et de la spiritualit� chr�tiennes, de l'Antiquit� tardive jusqu'au Moyen Age. Le premier groupe d'�tudes se concentre sur les P�res du D�sert, les suivants font l'examen de personnages-clefs dans l'histoire monastique de l'Occident m�di�val, s'attachant avant tout � l'Angleterre et � B�de et Anselme de Cantorb�ry. Benedicta Ward � pour propos constant de trouver une approche rendent tout son sens � la litterature chr�tienne et notamment � la litt�rature hagiographique, miracles et autres. Bien que valable � ces deux niveaux, ceci ne devrait pas être perçu, souligne-t'elle, en tant que simple biographie, ni en tant que source d'information sur l'histoire sociale. L'objet premier de ces Vies est d'ordre religieux; toute n�gligence de ce sens peut mener � une m�compr�hension fondamentale de ces textes.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0860783162. KB54...xviii, 300 pp (pages are numbered in sections, but the publishers gives the pg numbers). Index. Frontis plate. Octavo. Light delft blue oxford cloth with bright gilt to front cover and spine, covers are clean, minor shelf wear. Interior has owner signature on first free end paper, otherwise clean and bright. Very nice copy. Papers collected related to Ward's studies on early Christian monasticism, the Desert Fathers, medieval miracles and the monastic tradition in England focused on the Anselm of Canterbury and the Venerable Bede.; Collected Studies Series CS361; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 300 pages.