THE ECONOMY OF THE MONASTIC LIBRARIES

2011 ◽  
pp. 314-341
Author(s):  
Edward Edwards
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Author(s):  
Roman S. Motulsky

Peculiarities of Belarus libraries' development in the context of political, religious and cultural traditions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth are considered. It is told about history of monastic libraries, and also about private collections and libraries of educational institutions.


Author(s):  
Roman S. Motulsky

The article tells us about the invention of the book printing which has marked a new stage of the cultural life of the nations of Europe and all world. The first typographies and the most considerable monastic libraries of Belarus where were stored both hand-written, and printing books are described.


Author(s):  
W. B. Patterson

Reformers in England saw losses as well as gains in the Reformation. John Leland and John Bale recorded the contents of monastic libraries. Matthew Parker recovered manuscripts from the past. The Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries, comprised of lawyers, scholars, and country gentlemen, developed methods of ascertaining accurate information about the past. William Camden, the author of Annals of Elizabeth (1615, Latin) and Britannia (1586, Latin), wrote a new kind of history: dispassionate, based on reliable evidence, and concerned with changes in society. Fifty years after Camden’s lifetime, Thomas Fuller followed methods and approaches that the antiquaries and their successors employed, while developing ideas very much his own.


Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Francis Young

The dissolution of the monasteries in England (1536–1540) forced hundreds of former inmates of religious houses to seek livelihoods outside the cloister to supplement meagre pensions from the crown. Among the marketable skills these individuals possessed were Latin literacy, knowledge of liturgy, sacramental authority and a reputation for arcane learning: all qualities desirable in magical practitioners in early modern Europe. Furthermore, the dissolution dispersed occult texts housed in monastic libraries, while the polemical efforts of the opponents of monasticism resulted in the growth of legends about the magical prowess of monks and friars. The dissolution was a key moment in the democratisation of learned magic in sixteenth-century England, which moved from being an illicit pastime of clerics, monks and friars to a service provided by lay practitioners. This article considers the extent of interest in magic among English monks and friars before the dissolution, the presence of occult texts in monastic libraries, and the evidence for the magical activities of former religious in post-dissolution England. The article considers the processes by which monks, friars and monastic sites became associated with magic in popular tradition, resulting in a lasting stereotype of medieval monks and friars as the masters of occult knowledge.


1891 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
F. Aidan Gasquet
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The Library ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol s4-XXV (1-2) ◽  
pp. 46-65
Author(s):  
E. PH. GOLDSCHMIDT
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Author(s):  
Mercè Gras Casanovas

Resum: El present treball pretén oferir una primera panoràmica sobre les biblioteques del Carmel descalç català. Teresa de Jesús, la fundadora, a partir de la seva pròpia experiència lectora, donà unes primeres normes sobre les llibreries conventuals, que serien desevolupades en el futur per les autoritats de l’Orde, tant pel que respecta a la seva composició, com pel que fa a la seva cura i manteniment. Els diversos tipus de fons bibliogràfics conventuals es veurien sovint enriquits per les donacions de devots, tant laics com eclesiàstics, que establien un seguit de condicions en els seus llegats. Finalment, exposem la valoració que els erudits feren d’algunes d’aquestes biblioteques i algunes dades del seu estat i destinació ran la Desamortització dels béns de regulars. Paraules clau: Biblioteques, llibres, donacions, lectura, Carmel descalç Abstract: This paper aims to provide an initial overview of catalan discalced libraries. Teresa of Jesus, the founder, based on his own reading experience, gave some initial rules monastic libraries, which would desevenvolupades in the future by the authorities of the Order, both with regard to its composition, as as for its care and maintenance. The different types of library convent would often enriched by donations from devotees, both secular and ecclesiastical, which established a series of conditions on their legacies. Finally, we present the assessment made by scholars of some of these libraries and some information of their status and destiny ran regular confiscation of property . Keywords: Libraries, books, donation, lecture, Discalced Carmel.


1856 ◽  
Vol s2-II (41) ◽  
pp. 297-297
Author(s):  
Lancastriensis
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