The Grandmontine "Good Man (Vir Bonus)" - Clerc or Conversus?: Ideals and Identity among the Successors of Stephen of Muret (†1124)
The Grandmontine communities of the twelfth century developed a unique social vision of community organization based on the received spiritual teachings of the Auvergne hermit, Stephen of Muret. Central to their order was the subordination of clerics to lay brother governors. From this position, the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2020]
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBG France KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
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church reform
B Liber Sententarium B Grandmont origins B Cistercian monasicism B Grantmomt dissolution B Conversi historiography B Cathar historiography |
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| Summary: | The Grandmontine communities of the twelfth century developed a unique social vision of community organization based on the received spiritual teachings of the Auvergne hermit, Stephen of Muret. Central to their order was the subordination of clerics to lay brother governors. From this position, the Grandmontine clerics recorded their ideal of the "Good Man," and this vision of virtue became significant in later internal contests and conflicts over community leadership. This article examines the evolution and ruin of Grandmontine confraternity, with reference to other marginalized religious groups of the twelfth century with whom their struggles can be compared. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jmedirelicult.46.1.0001 |