[ ... ] to Carolingian monasticism than sometimes been thought and that there was less uniformity around. Hildemar's commentary shows more sympathy ... more
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monasticism
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Ambition and the 'research-active' cleric
@ 2011-07-02 – 16:22:59
Towards the end of May at the IHR Earlier Medieval Seminar we had Bernard Gowers (currently John Arnold, but soon to be Alice Rio) talking on "Stabilitas … more -
Why gay monks are good to think with
@ 2011-02-28 – 10:42:09
[ ... ] societies without monasticism, or any comparable institution. History does show change as well as continuity. The existence of gay monks also ... more -
Sybarite Sarabaites? Monastic pairs in Byzantium
@ 2009-06-13 – 10:22:28
[ ... ] it came from early monasticism (C3-C6). Those who work on the west in the Middle Ages tend to think of monasticism in Benedictine patterns, but ... more -
Gay monk fantasies
@ 2009-05-16 – 15:31:01
[ ... ] author claiming that monasticism 'almost against its will created the most fertile field imaginable in which same-sex desire might grow, while ... more -
Inherit the tomb
@ 2008-07-02 – 11:39:42
I don't want this blog to turn simply into a recital of 'weird things monks do', but there are things that just have to be noticed. Such as Elisabeth … more -
Flogging naked monks
@ 2008-06-26 – 12:36:27
Let me make it clear at the start: this post is not a gratuitous attempt at bumping up my page views. This is a serious question that needs researching … more
