Название: Beyond the Monastery Walls: Lay Men and Women in Early Medieval Legal Formularies
Автор: Warren C. Brown
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108479588
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 401
Размер: 4,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Our understanding of life in the early Middle Ages is dominated by Christian churches and monasteries. It is their records and libraries which have survived the centuries, to tell us how the clerics, monks, and nuns who lived and worked within their walls experienced the world around them. We thus see the lay inhabitants of that wider world mostly when they are interacting with the clergy. However, a few sources let us explore lay life in this period more broadly.