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Guidance for monastic life, spiritual and organizational, in early Latin.
The Rule of Saint Benedict
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304 pages
- Release Date
22 May 2011
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Summary
One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to the lowliest, of monastic life. This new Latin-English edition has features of interest for first-time readers of the Rule as well as for scholars of medieval history and language.
The Latin text is a transcription of manuscript 914 of the Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland), an early ninth-century c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674053045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674053044 |
| Author: | Benedict of Nursia, Bruce L. Venarde |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 212mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library |
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About The Author
Benedict of Nursia
Bruce L. Venarde retired from the University of Pittsburgh as Professor of History, Classics, and History of Art and Architecture.
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