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Medieval Theology of Work

Peter Damian and the Medieval Religious Renewal Movement

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  • © 2006

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  1. Patricia Ranft
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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 1-10

  3. The Foundations: Early Christian Theologies of Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Early Christian Attitudes toward Work

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 13-29

  4. The Framework: Peter Damian’s Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The Eleventh-Century World of Peter Damian

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 33-54

    3. Damian’s Social Theology

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 55-76

    4. Damian’s Apostolate: Theology of Work in Action

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 77-96

  5. The Completed Edifice: Medieval Monastic Movement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Regular Canons

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 99-119

    3. The Cistercians

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 121-139

    4. Carthusians, Women, and Marginal Groups

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 141-168

    5. The Mendicants

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 169-189

    6. Epilogue

      • Patricia Ranft
      Pages 191-201

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 203-264
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About this book

This study addresses the need to learn what medieval thinkers had to say about the concept of work by examining the thought of Peter Damian and numerous other religious leaders and groups of the High Middle Ages for evidence of their contributions, deepening our understanding of this concept.

About the author

PATRICIA RANFT, Professor of History, Emerita, at Central Michigan University, USA, is the author of numerous studies on religious, intellectual and women's history. Her books include Women and the Religious Life in Premodern Europe (1996), a History Book Club selection, Women and Spiritual Equality in Christian Tradition (1998), A Woman's Way: The Forgotten History of Women Spiritual Directors (2000) and Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500 (2002), all published by Palgrave Macmillan. With this current study she returns to her earlier interest in the medieval religious renewal movement, about which she published some dozen articles.

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