GERMAN

Inselklöster – Klosterinseln: Topographie und Toponymie einer monastischen Formation

By Gabriela Signori (editor)

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Akademie Forschung
Year
2019
ISBN
9783110646726, 9783110642667
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
39 MB (40611092 bytes)
Series
Studien zur Germania Sacra. Neue Folge; 9
Pages
284\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-29 12:19:11

Description

This volume examines the special connection between monasticism and nature. From the outset, monks looked for sites that marked the boundaries between nature and culture: deserts, mountains, and islands. The sea quickly took the place of the desert where the first months sought retreat. Thus, along with mountain monasteries, monastic islands are part of the foundation of Western monasticism, on which later generations of monks would build.

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