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HIST313: Hermits and Reformers: The Monastic Revolution, c.1080-1150

Special Subject (60 credits)

Monasticism was the most important form of religious life before c.1200. Intellectual and cultural life was led by monks, and monasteries were powerful political and economic institutions. Yet religious life in western Europe from the late 11th century was characterised by the phenomenon of reform. New kinds of monasteries were founded, and both monks and their patrons rejected traditional forms in favour of austerity and poverty as monasticism went ‘back to basics.’ This course examines the complexity of monasticism as a way of life and as an institution, and asks how and why monasticism changed in the first half of the 12th century.

For further information on HIST313 visit the Lancaster University Online Courses Handbook.

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