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- Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
- Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Latin Monasticism
- 1 The Latin Presence in the Levant before 1097
- 2 The Austin Canons
- 3 The Premonstratensian Canons
- 4 The Canons Regular of St Ruf, Avignon, in the County of Tripoli
- 5 Benedictine Monasteries
- 6 Benedictine Convents
- 7 Benedictine Monasteries in the Tradition of St Romuald and St Peter Damian
- 8 The Cistercians
- 9 The Carmelites
- 10 The Franciscan Provincia Terrae Sanctae
- 11 The Dominican Provincia Terrae Sanctae
- 12 Antiochene Monasteries of Uncertain Rite
- Part II Greek Orthodox Monasticism
- Select Bibliography
- Index
6 - Benedictine Convents
from Part I - Latin Monasticism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2020
- Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
- Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Latin Monasticism
- 1 The Latin Presence in the Levant before 1097
- 2 The Austin Canons
- 3 The Premonstratensian Canons
- 4 The Canons Regular of St Ruf, Avignon, in the County of Tripoli
- 5 Benedictine Monasteries
- 6 Benedictine Convents
- 7 Benedictine Monasteries in the Tradition of St Romuald and St Peter Damian
- 8 The Cistercians
- 9 The Carmelites
- 10 The Franciscan Provincia Terrae Sanctae
- 11 The Dominican Provincia Terrae Sanctae
- 12 Antiochene Monasteries of Uncertain Rite
- Part II Greek Orthodox Monasticism
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Women as well as men from western Europe were drawn to the religious life in the Holy Land, and convents for women were an important feature of the Latin monastic landscape. The largest, St Anne’s and St Mary the Great in Jerusalem and Bethany, near Jerusalem, owned substantial landed property throughout the Christendom, and their abbesses could wield important political influence. St Anne’s and Bethany in particular had close associations with the Latin ruling dynasty of Jerusalem. This chapter examines the history of the women’s convents in the Crusader States and their fate after the loss of territory in the thirteenth century.
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- Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States , pp. 220 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020