Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany: The Chronicle of Petershausen in Translation
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Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany: The Chronicle of Petershausen in Translation
By (Author) Alison I. Beach
Edited and translated by Shannon M. T. Li
Edited and translated by Samuel Sutherland
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
21st April 2020
United Kingdom
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General
255.1009434620902
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Hardback
248
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful view of traditional monastic life against the backdrop of contemporary interactions with bishops and lay patrons, the process of monastic reform, and the local and supra-regional disruption driven by the struggle over investiture. -- .
Reviews
'Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany provides a skillfully annotated and translated text of the Petershausen Chronicles. The Chronicles not only provide a glimpse into twelfth-century German monasticism and society, they are a fascinating read: a saint who refuses to give up his relics, a cruel murderer who boils his victim, battle scenes, visions, miracles, and delightfully detailed descriptions make the Chronicles anything but a dry historical account.'
The American Benedictine Review
Author Bio
Alison I. Beach is Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews
Shannon M. T. Li, PhD is a professional indexer and proprietor of Li Indexing
Samuel S. Sutherland is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University
