Title Meditation and prayer in the eleventh- and twelfth-century monastery : struggling towards God / by Lauren Mancia

Published Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 101 pages) : illustrations Series Spirituality and monasticism, east and west Spirituality and monasticism, east and west. Contents Introduction -- 1. What were "meditation" and "prayer" in the medieval monastery? -- 2. The journey to God through meditation and prayer according to eleventh- and twelfth-century monastic thinkers -- 3. From theory to practice: the experience of monastic meditation and prayer in the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- 4. Envisioning the invisible: the use of art in monastic meditation -- Conclusion Summary This book explores the dimensions of medieval monastic meditation, prayer, and contemplation in the heyday of Benedictine and Cistercian spiritual writing, the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Mancia aims to answer the following questions: What did extra-liturgical prayer and meditation look like for medieval monks and nuns in western medieval Europe? When, where, and how was it practised? Was there a set way to engage with monastic meditation, or were there a variety of medieval monastic meditative experiences in the eleventh and twelfth centuries? What did monks and nuns perceive as the limitations of monastic prayer and meditation, and how did they understand their own imperfections and failures to perform "perfect" devotion? What extra-textual tools--art, manuscripts, diagrams, spaces--did monks and nuns rely upon to stimulate their practices of meditation? What does monastic meditation reveal about the emotional lives of Benedictine and Cistercian monks and nuns in the high Middle Ages? And, finally, what does the monastic struggle to pursue a prayerful Christian life have to teach the secular world of the twenty-first century?-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Lauren Mancia is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, City University of New York Print version record Subject Benedictines -- Spiritual life Cistercians -- Spiritual life SUBJECT Benedictines fast Cistercians fast Subject Anglican monasticism and religious orders -- History -- To 1500 Meditation -- History -- To 1500 Prayer -- Anglican Church -- History -- To 1500 RELIGION / Monasticism Anglican monasticism and religious orders Meditation Prayer -- Anglican Church Spiritual life Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781802701074 1802701079

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