FAH101H1 Lecture 4: FAH 216 Lecture 4 Notes
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Fah 216- the twelfth century: romanesque monastic instituions (may 19, 2016) Cluny church most influential monastery in western europe [wrecked during the french revolution] An isolated place where religious men and women could live together in a community [men and women are separate monks and nuns] a place where they can focus on work, prayers and study. Lives of monks and nuns, organized by a set of rules written by st. benedict in the 6 th century basis for. Meant to self-sufficient buildings [multiple functions within the building, including scriptorium where monks made manuscripts, written and illustrated, from vellum calf"s skin, thin leather] Monks who established the cluny in the early 10 th century, were benedictine initially wanted to reform the. Benedictine monasticism to ensure that all monks abide by this rule uniformly. Over the course of the 10th, 11th and 12th century, cluny built a monastic empire in western europe established a network known as daughter house.
