Medievalists.net » Cistercians http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Rebirth and Responsibility: Cistercian Stories from the Late Twelfth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/rebirth-and-responsibility-cistercian-stories-from-the-late-twelfth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/rebirth-and-responsibility-cistercian-stories-from-the-late-twelfth-century/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:23:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59191 'His face sadder, his look harsher, his speech more bitter, his movements slower...' He was going from bad to worse.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/rebirth-and-responsibility-cistercian-stories-from-the-late-twelfth-century/feed/ 0 Skirts and Politics: The Cistercian Monastery of Harvestehude and the Hamburg City Council http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/14/skirts-politics-cistercian-monastery-harvestehude-hamburg-city-council/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/14/skirts-politics-cistercian-monastery-harvestehude-hamburg-city-council/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:30:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54126 In 1482, Catharina Arndes lifted up her skirts in front of the archbishop’s chaplain. She was a respectable townswoman from Hamburg, and her action was carried out in defense of the Cistercian monastery of Harvestehude which was close to the city and where several of Catharina’s nieces lived as nuns.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/14/skirts-politics-cistercian-monastery-harvestehude-hamburg-city-council/feed/ 0 Feminine Love in the Twelfth Century – A Case Study: The Mulier in the Lost Love Letters and the Work of Female Mystics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:49:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54037 This article compares the twelfth-century writings of the secular mulier in the Lost Love Letters with the work of religious female ‘mystics’ to draw comparisons about the way these authors chose to express love.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/feed/ 0 A monastic landscape: The Cistercians in medieval Leinster http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/monastic-landscape-cistercians-medieval-leinster/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/monastic-landscape-cistercians-medieval-leinster/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:56:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52776 This study endeavours to discuss the Cistercian monasteries of Leinster with regard to their physical location in the landscape, the agricultural contribution of the monks to the broader social and economic world and the interaction between the cloistered monks and the secular world.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/03/saints-cults-medieval-livonia/feed/ 0 Bernard of Clairvaux’s Writings on Violence and the Sacred http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/bernard-clairvauxs-writings-violence-sacred/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/bernard-clairvauxs-writings-violence-sacred/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:26:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48385 Monk, exegete, political actor and reformer, Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was not just a man of his times; he was a man who shaped his times.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/bernard-clairvauxs-writings-violence-sacred/feed/ 0 A shared imitation: Cistercian convents and crusader families in thirteenth-century Champagne http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47365 This article examines the relationship between Cistercian nunneries and the crusade movement and considers the role of gender in light of the new emphasis on penitential piety and suffering prevalent during the thirteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/feed/ 0 Charisma, Medieval and Modern http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/charisma-medieval-and-modern/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/charisma-medieval-and-modern/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:20:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46301 Popularized by the mass media, Max Weber’s sociological concept of charisma now has a demotic meaning far from what Weber had in mind. Weberian charismatic leaders have followers, not fans, although, exceptionally, fans mutate into followers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/charisma-medieval-and-modern/feed/ 0 Networking Scribes http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40967/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40967/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 21:04:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40967 This was the keynote paper given at the Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference at the University of Toronto April 18 - 21, 2013.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40967/feed/ 0 Reconstruction of the diet in a mediaeval monastic community from the coast of Belgium http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/31/reconstruction-of-the-diet-in-a-mediaeval-monastic-community-from-the-coast-of-belgium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/31/reconstruction-of-the-diet-in-a-mediaeval-monastic-community-from-the-coast-of-belgium/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:32:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39019 The aim of the present article is to report the results of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on skeletons from a Belgian mediaeval population, and to look at variations in diet that may relate to age and social status.

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