Medieval Monasticsm

?
  • Created by: Frances
  • Created on: 23-04-13 22:03
What guide lines did the Benedictine order follow?
St Benedict's Rule
1 of 13
An example of someone who set up an Augustinian order?
Robert d'Oilly, 1129 on his excess income of £20
2 of 13
what reform did Cluny initiate in the 10th century?
libertas, put under the pope instead of local bishops, isolated from the outside world
3 of 13
what social/political change meant new families were rising to preminence?
changing to something like a feudal system
4 of 13
what was capitalism's role in the changing monastic scene?
wanted the 'better product'
5 of 13
how did the cistercians give lay people a chance to get to heaven?
through the conversi
6 of 13
why were the cistercians able to easily populate areas that had been conquered by crusading armies?
as they had such tight discipline, was similar to military discipline
7 of 13
why did new families want monastries?
to cement their new economic status.
8 of 13
what did people think monks should live llike?
the vita apostilica
9 of 13
why was the benedictine order frowned upon after 1100?
required a lot of money to sustain them, very materially rich, very involved in local politics, not like vita apostilica
10 of 13
when did st benedictine's rule emerge?
in the 6th century
11 of 13
why was there economic expansion?
rising population, return of the mediterranean to the west, decline of foreign empires, modernised farming techniques, richer merchants and traders
12 of 13
what did the cistercians claim to be following?
the true rule of st benedict
13 of 13

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

An example of someone who set up an Augustinian order?

Back

Robert d'Oilly, 1129 on his excess income of £20

Card 3

Front

what reform did Cluny initiate in the 10th century?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

what social/political change meant new families were rising to preminence?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

what was capitalism's role in the changing monastic scene?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Ancient History resources:

See all Ancient History resources »