Medievalists.net » Guibert of Nogent http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 They Hasten toward Perfection: Virginal & Chaste Monks in the High Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/they-hasten-toward-perfection-virginal-chaste-monks-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/they-hasten-toward-perfection-virginal-chaste-monks-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:50:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46255 As perennial Christian ideals, virginity and chastity were frequent themes in medieval religious discourse. Male religious were frequently virgins and were expected to cultivate chastity; however, women not men were usually the focus of such discussions. But some monastic writers did draw on those models when considering their own spirituality, and it is worth knowing how they were understood and enlisted in those instances.

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