This study of Santa Maria del Gualdo Mazzocca, a Benedictine priory, and then abbey, directly dependent upon the papacy, offers a remarkable glimpse into the nature of monastic life in the middle ages
There are countless under-studied or ignored authors from the Byzantine Empire awaiting scholarly attention. In the area of Byzantine spirituality the twelfth century as a whole has received little co
A detailed list (4700 pages) of manuscripts of works by known authors from the Patristic and Byzantine periods. The printed fascicle lists all authors in the project database.
That kings, prelates and even lowly freemen were, under certain specified conditions, capable of offering protection or peace to others, usually their inferiors, is relatively well known. That a bre
This book examines the history of sex and gender from a linguistic, artistic, and philosophical perspective, providing a new paradigm with which to analyze this controversial subject. Glenn Olsen's wi
In 1067, St Peter Damian, cardinal-bishop of Ostia and a key member of the reform party in Rome, travelled to Florence, where the monks of the neighbouring monastery of Vallombrosa, under the leadersh
This book reprints Virginia Brown's five lists of recently discovered Beneventan manuscript items, which first appeared in the journal "Mediaeval Studies." A preface and comprehensive indexes compiled
Henry, archdeacon of Huntingdon, England (ca 1088-ca 1154) has been admired for centuries as the author of the monumental "Historia Anglorum." The recent discovery of the "Anglicanus ortus" opens a ne
Robert Grosseteste's significant contributions to science and theology are a testament to his reptuation as a consummate polymath. An accomplished scholar and bishop, his multifaceted work has inspire
The 21 chapters are enlarged from presentations at the November 2008 international conference "Tradition and the Individual Talent: Modes of Authorship in the Middle Ages," held in Bergen, Norway. In
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the ori
Volume 24 in Papers in Medieval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies is an unusual book. It is the result of a conference on the results of an interdisciplanary project to reconst
