Rethinking Reform in the Latin West, 10th to Early 12th Century

Steven Vanderputten, Ph.D. (2000), Ghent University, is Senior Full Professor of Medieval History at Ghent University. He has published numerous studies on monasticism in the early and high middle ages, including Medieval Monasticisms. Forms and Experiences of the Monastic Life in the Latin West,/i> (De Gruyter/Oldenbourg, 2020).

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Rethinking Reform: an Introduction

 Steven Vanderputten



PART 1: Deconstructing/Reconstructing Reform



1 The Problem(s) with the Carolingian Reform(s)

 Rutger Kramer

2 Deconstructing/Reconstructing Monastic Reform

 Steven Vanderputten

3 Deconstructing and Reconstructing Clerical Reform

 Brigitte Meijns

4 Deconstructing/Reconstructing Papal Reform

 Nicolangelo D’Acunto



PART 2: The Societal Dimensions of Reform



5 The Societal Background and Impact of ‘Reform’

 Robert F. BerkhoferIII

6 Transformations of Lay and Clerical Masculinities

 Rachel Stone

7 Changes in Lay Piety and Devotion

 Catherine Cubitt



PART 3: Continuities and Transformations in Texts, Artistic Expressions, and Terminologies



8 Reforming Approaches and Continuous Enhancement: Penance and the Penitentials

 Ludger Körntgen

9 Continuities and Transformations in Hagiography

 Gordon Blennemann and Anne-Marie Helvétius

10 Continuities and Transformations in Art, Manuscript Culture, and Architecture

 Diane Reilly

11 Vocabularies and Narratives of Reform

 Julia Barrow



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