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  • 25 - Missions on the Northern and Eastern Frontiers, c. 700–1100

  • from Part II - The Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
  • Edited by Alison I. Beach, Ohio State University, Isabelle Cochelin, University of Toronto
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
    Published online:
    16 January 2020
    Print publication:
    09 January 2020, pp 485-501

  • Summary

    To Bede (d. 735), penning his account of the conversion of the peoples inhabiting the British Isles, the involvement of monks and monasteria in mission and in pastoral activity was nothing unusual. In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede described how Irish monks arrived on Britain’s northern shores to proclaim the word of God, while monks from Rome preached in the south. Churches were built and kings granted land to religious men and women to establish monasteries. From the perspective of the established forms of monastic life of the later Middle Ages, the involvement of ascetics in the mission may seem paradoxical. Baptism, confirmation, and other sacraments pertaining to the cure of souls are after all officially the domain of secular priests; monks and nuns should serve God through prayer and the divine office, preferably in the tranquility of solitude, their movements limited by the obligation of stability.

The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c.744–c.900
  • Janneke Raaijmakers
  • Published online:
    05 March 2012
    Print publication:
    01 March 2012
  • The monastic community of Fulda was one of the most powerful institutions in early medieval Europe. This book traces the development of the community from its foundation in the 740s over one and a half centuries, a period richly documented by a variety of texts and archaeological remains. These sources reveal how Fulda's success forced the monks to rethink their goals and the ways in which they sought to achieve them. Its close connection to the Carolingian royal court also makes Fulda a fascinating case study of how local events influenced life in the palace and vice versa. The importance of Fulda and the rich array of sources associated with it have long been recognised, but this is the first full study, bringing together theology, architectural history and archaeology. The result is a vivid picture of life in this monastery and also in early medieval religious communities in general.

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