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Monastic Reform as Process - Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900-1100 (Paperback)
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Monastic Reform as Process - Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900-1100 (Paperback)
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The history of monastic institutions in the Middle Ages may at
first appear remarkably uniform and predictable. Medieval
commentators and modern scholars have observed how monasteries of
the tenth to early twelfth centuries experienced long periods of
stasis alternating with bursts of rapid development known as
reforms. Charismatic leaders by sheer force of will, and by
assiduously recruiting the support of the ecclesiastical and lay
elites, pushed monasticism forward toward reform, remediating the
inevitable decline of discipline and government in these
institutions. A lack of concrete information on what happened at
individual monasteries is not regarded as a significant problem, as
long as there is the possibility to reconstruct the reformers'
''program.'' While this general picture makes for a compelling
narrative, it doesn't necessarily hold up when one looks closely at
the history of specific institutions. In Monastic Reform as
Process, Steven Vanderputten puts the history of monastic reform to
the test by examining the evidence from seven monasteries in
Flanders, one of the wealthiest principalities of northwestern
Europe, between 900 and 1100. He finds that the reform of a
monastery should be studied not as an "exogenous shock" but as an
intentional blending of reformist ideals with existing structures
and traditions. He also shows that reformist government was
cumulative in nature, and many of the individual achievements and
initiatives of reformist abbots were only possible because they
built upon previous achievements. Rather than looking at reforms as
"flashpoint events," we need to view them as processes worthy of
study in their own right. Deeply researched and carefully argued,
Monastic Reform as Process will be essential reading for scholars
working on the history of monasteries more broadly as well as those
studying the phenomenon of reform throughout history.
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