{"product_id":"9781782044055","title":"The Benedictines in the Middle Ages","description":"The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin middle ages. Their liturgical practice, and their acquired taste for learning, served as a model for the medieval church as a whole: while new orders arose, they took some of their customs, and their observant andspiritual outlook, from the \u003ci\u003eRegula Benedicti\u003c\/i\u003e. The Benedictines may also be counted among the founders of medieval Europe. In many regions of the continent they created, or consolidated, the first Christian communities; they also directed the development of their social organisation, economy, and environment, and exerted a powerful influence on their emerging cultural and intellectual trends.\u003cbr\u003e This book, the first comparative study of its kind, follows the Benedictine Order over eleven centuries, from their early diaspora to the challenge of continental reformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  JamesG. Clark is Professor of History, University of Exeter.","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158034104560,"sku":"9781782044055","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782044055_p0.jpg?v=1763720040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782044055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}