Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertine Order C.1130 - C.1300

Goldin, Brian

ISBN 10: 0198200609 / ISBN 13: 9780198200604

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995

About this Item

Xvi, 508 pp. Bibliography, index. Map of Gilbertine Foundations. Octavo. Dark blue dust jacket with grey vertical ruling is intact, some bending and wear at edges, a smudge on the front of DJ. Book itself is clean and unmarked, paper creamy, but otherwise very nice. Good copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 508 pages. Seller Inventory # 12072

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertine ...

Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

This is the first full scholarly study since 1902 of the Gilbertine order and its founder, St. Gilbert of Sempringham. The Gilbertines were the only native English monastic order, and highly unusual in their provision for both nuns and canons. Brian Golding provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the history of the order from its mid-twelfth-century origins up to the early fourteenth century. He examines the life of St. Gilbert and sets it within the context of twelfth-century monastic reform. His detailed analysis of the economy of the Gilbertines reveals much about monastic revenue and organization, and about relations with the lay community. Golding shows that by 1300 the Gilbertine experiment was largely dead. The founding ideals of a structure in which men and women could live in harmony and order had given way to male domination and the marginalization of the nuns.

About the Author:

Brian Golding is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton.