Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-233) and index
Corporate memories of reform -- The "failed" reforms of the tenth century -- The "dark age" of Flemish monasticism -- Introducing the new monasticism -- Processes of reformist government -- Shaping reformed identities -- The "waning" of reformed monasticism
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Careful study of reforms in the early tenth century at seven Benedictine monastaries of the Lotharingian "mixed observance" at: Saint Bertin, Bergues-Saint-Winnoc, Marchiennes, Saint-Amand, Saint-Bavo, Saint-Peter, and Saint-Vaast. Strives to demonstrate a more nuanced view of monastic reforms of this time period
Benedictines-- Flanders-- History
Monasticism and religious orders-- Flanders-- History-- Middle Ages, 600-1500