{"product_id":"friendship-and-community-the-monastic-experience-350-1250-paperback-softback-9780801476723","title":"Friendship and Community; The Monastic Experience, 350–1250 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801476723","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFriendship and Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Monastic Experience, 350–1250\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Patrick McGuire (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801476723\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e646 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I assume that historical sources can convey human feeling, even though it is fruitless to psychologize individual friends or to reach complete explanations about their motives. I simply accept that because medieval Christians believed in friendship and felt the need for it, some of them both practiced and lived out friendships.\"—from the new Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman beings have always formed personal friendships. Some cultures have left behind the evidence of philosophical discussion; some have provided only private or semipublic letters. By comparing these, one discerns the effect exercised by the society in which the writers lived, its opportunities, and its restrictions. The cloistered monks of medieval Europe, who have bequeathed a rich literary legacy on the subject, have always had to take into account the overwhelming fact of community. Brian Patrick McGuire finds that in seeking friends and friendship, medieval men and women sought self-knowledge, the enjoyment of life, the commitment of community, and the experience of God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1988, Friendship and Community has been widely debated, inspiring the current interest among medievalists in the subject of friendship. \u003c\/b\u003eIt has also informed other fields within medieval history, including monasticism, spirituality, psychology, and the relationship between self and community. In a new introduction to the Cornell edition, McGuire surveys the critical reaction to the original edition and subsequent research on the subject of medieval friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction—The Debate on Friendship: Antecedents and InterpretersIntroduction to the 2010 EditionI. The Wisdom of the Eastern FathersII. The Western Fathers and the Search for CommunityIII. The Monk and the Wanderer: Varieties of Early Medieval FriendshipIV. The Eclipse of Monastic Friendship, c. 850–c. 1050V. Reform and Renewal: New Impulses Towards Friendship, c. 1050 –c. 1120VI. The Age of Friendship: Networks of Friends, c. 1120–c. 1180VII. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Limits of FriendshipVIII. Continuity and Change: The Persistence of Friendship, c. 1180–c. 1250IX. Epilogue—Ends and Beginnings in Community and FriendshipNotes\u003cbr\u003e Table of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523401085208,"sku":"9780801476723","price":27.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/friendship-and-community-the-monastic-experience-350-1250-paperback-softback-9780801476723","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}