Praying by the rules -- Liturgical intercession and monastic theology -- Liturgical intercession through the psalms -- Intercession for monastic companions -- Intercession for rulers -- Intercession for society
Summary
This work explores how monasteries fulfilled their particular duty of intercessory prayer in the early Middle Ages. Focusing on the period of Carolingian Church reform, it analyses spiritual goals to which Frankish monastic life aspired and considers how these found reflection in contemporary liturgical practice
