Title Emotional monasticism : affective piety in the eleventh-century monastery of John of Fécamp / Lauren Mancia

Published Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) Series Artes Liberales Artes liberales (Manchester, England) Contents Introduction -- 1. Reforming the reader's interior: defining emotional reform in John of Fécamp's <i>Confessio</i> <i>theologica</i> -- 2. <i>Dicta mea sunt dicta patrum? </i>Tradition and innovation in John's writing -- 3. Reforming the monastic community:<i> </i>the uses of John's devotional method within the walls of Fécamp<i></i> -- 4. Reforming monks in the temporal world:<i></i>John's devotional principles cultivated in the Anglo-Norman landscape <i></i> -- 5 John's medieval legacy:<i> </i>the monastic roots of affective piety<i></i> -- Conclusion -- Index Summary Medievalists have long taught that highly emotional Christian devotion, often called 'affective piety', appeared in Europe after the twelfth century and was primarily practiced by communities of mendicants, lay people and women. <i>Emotional monasticism </i>challenges this view. The first study of affective piety in an eleventh-century monastic context, it traces the early history of affective devotion through the life and works of the earliest known writer of emotional prayers, John of Fécamp, abbot of the Norman monastery of Fécamp from 1028-78. Exposing the early medieval monastic roots of later medieval affective piety, the book casts a new light on the devotional life of monks in Europe before the twelfth century and redefines how medievalists should teach the history of Christianity 'In this exciting study of Fécamp, Lauren Mancia looks "under the hood" of an apparently ordinary eleventh-century Benedictine monastery. What she discovers of its rich and intense emotional life suggests new contours for the history of medieval "affective piety".' -- Barbara H. Rosenwein, Professor Emerita, Loyola University Chicago 'Emotional monasticism is a ground-breaking work of revisionist history that promises to have a profound influence on the study of Christian devotion in the Middle Ages.' -- Scott G. Bruce, Professor of Medieval History, Fordham University "Historians have long taught that highly emotional Christian devotion, often called 'affective piety', originated in Europe after the twelfth century, and was primarily practiced by communities of mendicants, lay people and women. . <i>Emotional monasticism</i> revises our understanding of its origins, characteristics, and uses in medieval Christianity. The first study of affective piety in an eleventh-century monastic context, this book<i> </i>traces the history of affective devotion through the life and works of the earliest-known writer of emotional prayers, John of Fécamp, abbot of the Norman monastery of Fécamp from 1028 to 1078. It examines John's major work, the <i>Confessio theologica</i><i>,</i> and looks at the devotional programme of Fécamp's liturgical, manuscript, and intellectual culture, relating it to the monastery's efforts at reform. Finally, it examines John's later medieval legacy at Fécamp, throughout Normandy, and beyond. Exposing the early medieval monastic roots of later medieval affective piety, <i>Emotional monasticism</i> reexamines the importance of John of Fécamp's prayers for the first time since his work was discovered, casting new light on the devotional life of monks in Europe before the twelfth-century, and redefining how medievalists should teach the history of Christianity." -- Back cover Notes Made available via: manchesterhive MUP 2020 titles Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Students and scholars of medieval Christianity, medieval monasticism and the medieval history of emotions Notes In English Description based on print record Subject Jean, de Fécamp, -1078 -- Influence SUBJECT Jean, de Fécamp, -1078 fast Subject Monasticism and religious orders. Piety -- History -- 11th century Affect (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Medieval history. HISTORY / Medieval. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Affect (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Monasticism and religious orders Piety European history: medieval period, middle ages. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Manchester University Press, publisher. ISBN 9781526140210 1526140217

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