The First ‘General Chapter’ of Benedictine Abbots (1131) Reconsidered
This paper reconsiders the first ‘General Chapter’ of Benedictine abbots (late 1131). To explain the timing and circumstances of this event, previous scholarship mostly referred to the influence of the Cistercians on reformist groups within ‘traditional’ monasticism. A closer look at the primary evi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 715-734 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benedictines
/ General chapter
/ Bernard, Clairvaux, Abt, Heiliger 1090-1153
/ Kloster Cluny
/ Geschichte 1131
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBG France KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | This paper reconsiders the first ‘General Chapter’ of Benedictine abbots (late 1131). To explain the timing and circumstances of this event, previous scholarship mostly referred to the influence of the Cistercians on reformist groups within ‘traditional’ monasticism. A closer look at the primary evidence reveals how the first General Chapter needs to be framed against the activities of overlapping coalitions of ecclesiastical and secular agents pursuing various political, ideological and institutional interests. It also allows the causes of the ensuing dispute with the Cluniacs to be established more securely, and provides new insights into contemporary usages of statutes and the semantics of the word ‘ordo’. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046915001591 |