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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture --- "Winston E. Black" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In my own work, I've > noticed that Augustinian canons, though important ca. 1150-1200 in > Oxford and London, vanish > as a group from the literary and academic scene with the coming of > the friars. The subject of my own research, Geoffrey of Monmouth, was an Augustinian Canon, and lived in a house of Augustinian Canons in Oxford - no doubt the one to which Winston alludes. Several of his colleagues, without being major scholars, were unusually well-read in a variety of disciplines, notably history. I wondered if they were involved in some way with the coming into being of the University. I also wonder if their decline in importance had more to do with the coming of the Cistercians than with the Friars. In the early part of the twelfth century they appeared to be a major force for the renewal of the Church, but were overtaken in that respect by St Bernard and his boys. Bill. ===== ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ********************************************************************** 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