Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Repre. Vanderputten**

Cornell University Press

Monastic Reform as Process\nby Steven Vanderputten\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Steven Vanderputten\nTitle: Monastic Reform as Process\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History and Archaeology\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9780801451713\nISBN-10: 080145171X\nRRP: \u00A3108.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe history of monastic institutions in the Middle Ages may at first appear remarkably uniform and predictable. Medieval commentators and modern scholars have observed how monasteries of the tenth to early twelfth centuries experienced long periods of stasis alternating with bursts of rapid development known as reforms. Charismatic leaders by sheer force of will, and by a.