The congregation of Tiron : monastic contributions to trade and communication in twelfth-century France and Britain / by Ruth Harwood Cline.

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Tiron was a reformed Benedictine congregation founded ca. 1109 by Bernard of Abbeville. Though little known to medieval and religious historians, this in-depth study shows how it expanded from obscurity in the forests of the Perche to become an international congregation with headquarters in Chartre...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Spirituality and monasticism, east and west.
Main Author: Cline, Ruth Harwood (Author)
Language:English
Published: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2019]
Series:Spirituality and monasticism, east and west.
Subjects:
Tironensians.
Monasticism and religious orders > France > Thiron-Gardais.
Monasticism and religious orders > France > History.
Monasticism and religious orders > Great Britain > History.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Physical Description:xiv, 211 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The appearance of Tiron within church reform and monastic reform from the eleventh century
  • The Tironensian identity
  • Bernard of Abbeville and Tiron's foundation
  • William of Poitiers and his successors
  • Expansion in France
  • Expansion in the British Isles
  • The later history.