{"product_id":"the-monastic-world-andrew-jotischky-9780300208566","title":"The Monastic World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did monasticism change over the thousand years or so of the Middle Ages? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrew Jotischky traces the history of monastic life from its origins in the fourth century to the sixteenth. He shows how religious houses sheltered the poor and elderly, cared for the sick, and educated the young. They were centres of intellectual life that owned property and exercised power but also gave rise to new developments in theology, music, and art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book brings together the Orthodox and western stories, as well as the experiences of women, to show the full picture of medieval monasticism for the first time. It is a fascinating, wide-ranging account that broadens our understanding of life in holy orders as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Jotischky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300208561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300208566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Andrew Jotischky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45332035076351,"sku":"9780300208566","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5eaddbb1-7d8a-473d-bb6b-37818d53f1d0.jpg?v=1713971565","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-monastic-world-andrew-jotischky-9780300208566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}