Royal Monastic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Royal Monastic write by Bev Cooke. This book was released on 2008. Royal Monastic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The life of a princess isn't all glamor, handsome princes, and beautiful clothes. It's also devotion to duty, sacrifice for your people, and a lot of just plain hard work. And if your country happens to suffer two world wars and a communist takeover in your lifetime, it means danger and suffering, exile and heartache as well. Princess Ileana of Romania endured all this and more. But her deeply rooted Orthodox faith saw her through it all, and eventually led her in her later years to the peaceful repose of monasticism. But that life included sacrifice and hard work as well, because as Mother Alexandra she was called to build the first English-language Orthodox women's monastery in the United States-the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Princess Ileana's story is a thrilling tale of love and loss, danger and rescue, sacrifice and reward. Her inspiring life stands as a beacon of faith and holiness for young women of all times and nations to follow.
Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075
Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 write by John W. Bernhardt. This book was released on 2002-08-22. Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In examining the relationship between the royal monasteries in tenth- and eleventh-century Germany and the German monarchs, this book assimilates a great deal of European scholarship on a central problem - that of the realities and structures of power. It focuses on the practical aspects of governing without a capital and while constantly in motion, and on the payments and services which monasteries provided to the king and which in turn supported the king's travel economically and politically. Royal-monastic relations are investigated in the context of the 'itinerant kingship' of the period to determine how this relationship functioned in practice. It emerges that German rulers did in fact make much greater use of their royal monasteries than has hitherto been recognised.
Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300
Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300 write by Janet Burton. This book was released on 1994-01-28. Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces the development of monasticism in England, Scotland and Wales from the last half century of Anglo-Saxon England to 1300. It explores the nature of the impact of the Norman settlement on monastic life, and how Britain responded to new, European ideas on monastic life. In particular, it examines Britain's response to the needs of religious women. It covers every aspect of the life and work of the religious orders: their daily life, the buildings in which they lived, their contribution to intellectual developments and to the economy. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between religious houses and their founders and patrons. This shows the degree of dependence of religious houses on local patrons. Indeed, one major theme which emerges from the book is the constant tension between the ideals of monastic communities and the demands of the world.
Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture
Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture write by Anne M. Blackburn. This book was released on 2020-07-21. Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anne Blackburn explores the emergence of a predominant Buddhist monastic culture in eighteenth-century Sri Lanka, while asking larger questions about the place of monasticism and education in the creation of religious and national traditions. Her historical analysis of the Siyam Nikaya, a monastic order responsible for innovations in Buddhist learning, challenges the conventional view that a stable and monolithic Buddhism existed in South and Southeast Asia prior to the advent of British colonialism in the nineteenth century. The rise of the Siyam Nikaya and the social reorganization that accompanied it offer important evidence of dynamic local traditions. Blackburn supports this view with fresh readings of Buddhist texts and their links to social life beyond the monastery. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, the author examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities," and the importance of public displays of learning to social prestige. Blackburn draws upon indigenous historical narratives, which she reads as rhetorical texts important to monastic politics and to the naturalization of particular attitudes toward kingship and monasticism. Moreover, she questions both conventional views on "traditional" Theravadin Buddhism and the "Buddhist modernism" / "Protestant Buddhism" said to characterize nineteenth-century Sri Lanka. This book provides not only a pioneering critique of post-Orientalist scholarship on South Asia, but also a resolution to the historiographic impasse created by post-Orientalist readings of South Asian history.
The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c.744–c.900
The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c.744–c.900 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c.744–c.900 write by Janneke Raaijmakers. This book was released on 2012-03-01. The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c.744–c.900 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The monastic community of Fulda was one of the most powerful institutions in early medieval Europe. This book traces the development of the community from its foundation in the 740s over one and a half centuries, a period richly documented by a variety of texts and archaeological remains. These sources reveal how Fulda's success forced the monks to rethink their goals and the ways in which they sought to achieve them. Its close connection to the Carolingian royal court also makes Fulda a fascinating case study of how local events influenced life in the palace and vice versa. The importance of Fulda and the rich array of sources associated with it have long been recognised, but this is the first full study, bringing together theology, architectural history and archaeology. The result is a vivid picture of life in this monastery and also in early medieval religious communities in general.
