I haven't read it, but I've just seen reference to a fairly new
book by M. Mich Mulchahey, _First the Bow is Bent in Study...": Dominican
Education Before 1350_. Sorry, I don't have any info about beyond the
title.
Best,
John Shinners
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> While my dissertation is on Dominican pastoral care I recently came
> across several fascinating texts on educating novices at Hill Monastic
> Manuscript Library. Could anyone help me identify secondary sources
> discussing the education of monastic or Augustinian/Carmelite novices in
> the period from roughly the Third Lateran council to 1400 or so(I think
> I have the Dominican and Franciscan materials well covered), or printed
> editions of novice works from that period? Any contributions would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Dear Patrick,
> Although covering a later period when practice had clearly changed
> from the period you are dealing with, a fairly vivid pictures of
> novices emerges in J.T. Fowler, ed., The Rites of Durham,
> Publications of the Surtees Society, CVII (1902), written probably by
> an ex-monk of Durham in the mid-16th century. I know of no
> comparable description of life in a medieval monastery. Does anyone
> else?
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
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