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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear learned ones I am looking for literature/prime sources concerning lay perception of monasticism and/or religious fervour in the central middle ages. In short, I am of the impression, that lay views on monks would have swung between feelings of contempt on the one side and admiration on the other, and that lay people would have taken stances on hypocrisy as well as imitation, when discussing monks and other religious ‘athletes’. However, I have found it (not surprisingly, I guess) very difficult to find literature and/or primary sources to this end. I have been reading Ludo Milis’ book "Angelic Monks and Earthly Men", however, I didn’t find it as revealing as I hoped for. (BTW, any comments on this work will be appreciated). Thus, I turn to you: Does any of you know of criticism of monasticism in the central middle ages, besides the more well-known ‘internal’ polemics between different groups of religious athletes themselves? Best wishes Torben K. Nielsen, Aalborg University Torben K. Nielsen, Ph.D. Head of Studies Department of History Aalborg University Fibigerstraede 5 DK-9220 Aalborg OE ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html