How very nice to have one's works acknowledged; it's hard to imagine most
of the time that anyone's read me. You might care to take a look at my
book "Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century"
(Brill, 1997), which expands on the ideas in the article.
Phyllis
>I have been on this list for a few months now, but this is my first
>posting.
>I am currently doing my Masters thesis, looking mainly at
>the writings of Otloh of St Emmeram. I have become particularly
>interested in questions surrounding Otloh's reforming interests, and
>his positioning as a monk with many connections to other Gorzian
>reform houses. I was reading Phyllis Jestice's article on 'Gorian
>Reform and the Light under the Bushel' and was interested to see that
>one of the final paragraphs makes a direct link between Otloh's views
>on ascetics-in-the-world, and the ideals of Gregorian Reform. Does
>anyone have any pointers on the link between German reform
>monasticism, and the rise of Gregorian ideals? As Jestice notes,
>this link is indeed often missed.
>I would be very interested to develop some discussion around this
>area,
>
>Hannah Williams.
>
>Monash University
>Victoria
>Australia
>3168
Phyllis G. Jestice
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