Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities: Studies in Honor of Richard E. Sullivan (Brill's Series in Church History)

These essays examine the ideas that were important to monks and the intersections between the monks and the secular world. The volume explores the ideas and realities that shaped the lives of monks over the medieval millennium. CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION: WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS --- Amy Livingstone......Page 8 I MONKS AND THE WORLD......Page 16 REDRAWING A PORTRAIT OF EGYPTIAN MONASTICISM --- Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom......Page 18 "AND EVEN TODAY": CAROLINGIAN MONASTICISM AND THE MIRACULA SANCTI GERMANI OF HEIRIC OF AUXERRE --- John J. Contreni......Page 42 A NEW MAJESTY: PASCHASIUS RADBERTUS, EXILE, AND THE MASTERS’ HONOR --- Steven A. Stofferahn......Page 56 ADEMAR OF CHABANNES, CHARLEMAGNE AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM OF 1033 --- Daniel F. Callahan......Page 78 "FEUDALISM," CLUNY, AND THE INVESTITURE CONTROVERSY --- Constance B. Bouchard......Page 88 BROTHER MONK: MONKS AND THEIR FAMILY IN THE CHARTRAIN, 1000–1200AD --- Amy Livingstone......Page 100 II MONKS AND IDEAS......Page 124 PRACTICAL EXEGESIS: THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, CHRODEGANG’S REGULA CANONICORUM, AND EARLY CAROLINGIAN REFORM --- M.A. Claussen......Page 126 THE GENTLE VOICES OF TEACHERS: CAROLINGIAN EUCHARISTIC THOUGHT AND THE SERMONS OF ADEMAR OF CHABANNES --- Michael Frassetto......Page 154 THE WRONG SORT OF MENTOR: HETERODOXY AND ANTI-CLERICALISM IN LANGUEDOC --- David Blanks......Page 170 THE EARLY FOURTEENTH-CENTURY CONTEXT FOR THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE FOREKNOWLEDGE IN WYCLIF’S LATIN SERMONS --- Edith Wilks Dolnikowski......Page 190 CONCLUSION: THE ACADEMIC AS PUBLIC HISTORIAN --- Kathleen Mitchell......Page 202 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 210 INDEX......Page 212

This volume examines the world of the medieval monk. The first section of the volume is organized around the theme of monks and the world and explores the intersections between the secular and sacred. The second section is concerned with the ideological or intellectual lives of medieval monks. These essays examine the ideas that were important to monks and that shaped the intellectual discourse of the Middle Ages.

Contributors include: David R. Blanks, Constance B. Bouchard, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Daniel F. Callahan, M.A. Claussen, John J. Contreni, Edith Wilks Dolnikowski, Michael Frassetto, Amy Livingstone, Kathleen Mitchell, and Steven A. Stofferahn.