Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- The New Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 General Introduction
- Part I The Origins of Christian Monasticism to the Eighth Century
- Part II The Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
- 18 The Historiography of Central Medieval Western Monasticism
- 19 Sources for the History of Monasticism in the Central Middle Ages (c. 800–1100)
- 20 Questions of Monastic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy and Sicily (c. 500–1200)
- 21 Discerning “Reform” in Monastic Liturgy (c. 750–1050)
- 22 Monasticism, Reform, and Authority in the Carolingian Era
- 23 Carolingian Monastic Schools and Reform
- 24 Monastic Economics in the Carolingian Age
- 25 Missions on the Northern and Eastern Frontiers, c. 700–1100
- 26 Minsters and Monasticism in Anglo-Saxon England
- 27 Monastic Art and Architecture, c. 700–1100: Material and Immaterial Worlds
- 28 Monastic Daily Life (c. 750–1100): A Tight Community Shielded by an Outer Court
- 29 The Double Monastery as a Historiographical Problem (Fourth to Twelfth Century)
- 30 Interactions between Monks and the Lay Nobility (from the Carolingian Era through the Eleventh Century)
- 31 Monastic Reform from the Tenth to the Early Twelfth Century
- 32 Monastic Canon Law in the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries
- 33 Eastern Influence on Western Monasticism, 850–1050
- Part III The Long Twelfth Century
- Part IV Forms of Monasticism in the Late Middle Ages
- Index
- References
29 - The Double Monastery as a Historiographical Problem (Fourth to Twelfth Century)
from Part II - The Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- The New Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin WEST
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 General Introduction
- Part I The Origins of Christian Monasticism to the Eighth Century
- Part II The Carolingians to the Eleventh Century
- 18 The Historiography of Central Medieval Western Monasticism
- 19 Sources for the History of Monasticism in the Central Middle Ages (c. 800–1100)
- 20 Questions of Monastic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy and Sicily (c. 500–1200)
- 21 Discerning “Reform” in Monastic Liturgy (c. 750–1050)
- 22 Monasticism, Reform, and Authority in the Carolingian Era
- 23 Carolingian Monastic Schools and Reform
- 24 Monastic Economics in the Carolingian Age
- 25 Missions on the Northern and Eastern Frontiers, c. 700–1100
- 26 Minsters and Monasticism in Anglo-Saxon England
- 27 Monastic Art and Architecture, c. 700–1100: Material and Immaterial Worlds
- 28 Monastic Daily Life (c. 750–1100): A Tight Community Shielded by an Outer Court
- 29 The Double Monastery as a Historiographical Problem (Fourth to Twelfth Century)
- 30 Interactions between Monks and the Lay Nobility (from the Carolingian Era through the Eleventh Century)
- 31 Monastic Reform from the Tenth to the Early Twelfth Century
- 32 Monastic Canon Law in the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries
- 33 Eastern Influence on Western Monasticism, 850–1050
- Part III The Long Twelfth Century
- Part IV Forms of Monasticism in the Late Middle Ages
- Index
- References
Summary
In fourth-century Cappadocia, monks and nuns at the monastery of Annisa lived in separate quarters, with the “tagma of monks” and the “choir of virgins” set far apart on the former family estate of Macrina the Younger. Even when the whole community gathered in the common church for regular prayers and when it had guests on special occasions such as Macrina’s funeral in 379, men and women remained segregated by sex, singing the psalms of the evening service. In seventh-century England, nuns and monks at the monastery of Whitby lived in an open ribbon of dwellings arranged in parallel rows that were divided from one another by a simple system of flagstone paths, with no surviving archaeological evidence of any kind of architectural structure to keep them separate. In twelfth- and thirteenth-century France, direct contact between the women of Coyroux and the men of Obazine, some 600 to 700 meters away, was strictly limited. Built in a steep and inhospitable valley, the women’s house was accessible only through a kind of airlock—a room that served as a neutral zone between their enclosure and the outside world that was accessed by two carefully locked doors, opened one at a time.
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