Holy Entrepreneurs
Cistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twelfth-Century Burgundy
Constance Brittain Bouchard author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Published:28th May '09
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£47.00(9780801425271)
The twelfth century was characterized by intense spirituality as well as rapid economic development. Drawing on unprecedented research, Constance Brittain Bouchard demonstrates that the Cistercian monks of Burgundy were exemplary in both spheres. Bouchard explores the web of economic ties that linked the Cistercian monasteries with their secular neighbors, especially the knights, and reaches some surprising conclusions about Cistercian attitudes.
A signal strength of this book is the author's care to show that contemporaries understood and expressed in the charters the different transactions in which a monastery might engage. There was no confusion among pawns, leases, purchases, and gifts. In addition to being an important revisionist study of Burgundian Cistercian economic practices, this clear book is an excellent brief introduction for anyone wishing to understand twelfth-century charters and cartularies.
* American Historical ReviISBN: 9780801475252
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
Weight: 454g
260 pages