Monastic Reform as Process: Realities and Representations in Medieval Flanders, 900–1100

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 Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 1. Corporate Memories of Reform 14 2. The “Failed” Reforms of the Tenth Century 31 3. The “Dark Age” of Flemish Monasticism 50 4. Introducing the New Monasticism 79 5. Processes of Reformist Government 102 6. Shaping Reformed Identities 131 7. The “Waning” of Reformed Monasticism 153 Conclusion 186 Appendix A: Overview of the Leadership of Benedictine Monasteries in Flanders Reformed in the Tenth and Early Eleventh Centuries between c. 900 and c. 1120 193 Appendix B: Booklist of the Abbey of Marchiennes, c. 1025–1050 203 Bibliography 205 Index 235 ...