HIS 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cassiodorus, Monetarism, Simony
Lecture 13 : Christian Medieval Institutions : Papacy and Monasteries
Monasticism :
St. Anthony : He went into the desert to pray and fight Satan. He gave up everything.
Went up to the top of a pillar for 30 years. Became a model for religious identification.
Extreme monetarism.
St. Basil of Caesarea :
St. Benedict : He recognized this was not for the majority of people. He wanted to say
everyone from the devil.
Cassiodorus :
Scriptoria :
Gregory I, the great :
The Patrimony of St. Peter the Papal States :
Benedictine Missionaries :
Bede of Jarrow :
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People :
Donations of Constantine :
Cluny reform movement :
Simony and Nepotism :
The roman only survived these because on the monasteries.
We give up physical and material world. All to get rid of distractions.
In the east, they went a little crazy. Lived on very little food.
Group monks were popular in the East.
All monks had to take 3 VOWS :
Poverty
Obedience
Chastity
Document Summary
Lecture 13 : christian medieval institutions : papacy and monasteries. St. anthony : he went into the desert to pray and fight satan. Went up to the top of a pillar for 30 years. St. benedict : he recognized this was not for the majority of people. He wanted to say everyone from the devil. The patrimony of st. peter the papal states : The ecclesiastical history of the english people : In the east, they went a little crazy. The roman only survived these because on the monasteries. All monks had to take 3 vows :
