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James G. Clark

James G. Clark The Benedictines in the Middle Ages (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2011) 374 pp. ISBN 978-1-84383-623 (hbk). £25.00. This is a refreshing new survey of the history of the Benedictine Order in medieval Europe and forms part of a series dealing with several kinds of Christian monastic traditions. It is the work of an observer outside the monastic world and has therefore a refreshingly different insight from those who have written out of a lifetime of Benedictine experience. There have been many accounts of monastic life in Europe in the Middle Ages and this volume does not replace but extends both Knowles’ sensitive volumes on the monastic and religious orders in England and Lawrence’s smaller volume on Christian Monasticism in general. It does something different from either by providing a view through references to documents of the links for a thousand years between society and monasteries. Its limitations in scope may be thought to be in the beginning: there is little discussion of the beginnings of Christian monasticism in Egypt, but perhaps another volume will examine this vital link in Christian monastic history. Another pause for thought might be occasioned when in the conclusion the author seems to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

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Ecclesiology , Volume 10 (1): 148 – Jan 1, 2014
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Brill
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© 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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1744-1366
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1745-5316
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10.1163/17455316-01001012
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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2011) 374 pp. ISBN 978-1-84383-623 (hbk). £25.00. This is a refreshing new survey of the history of the Benedictine Order in medieval Europe and forms part of a series dealing with several kinds of Christian monastic traditions. It is the work of an observer outside the monastic world and has therefore a refreshingly different insight from those who have written out of a lifetime of Benedictine experience. There have been many accounts of monastic life in Europe in the Middle Ages and this volume does not replace but extends both Knowles’ sensitive volumes on the monastic and religious orders in England and Lawrence’s smaller volume on Christian Monasticism in general. It does something different from either by providing a view through references to documents of the links for a thousand years between society and monasteries. Its limitations in scope may be thought to be in the beginning: there is little discussion of the beginnings of Christian monasticism in Egypt, but perhaps another volume will examine this vital link in Christian monastic history. Another pause for thought might be occasioned when in the conclusion the author seems to

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