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McNally, S., ed. (2001).
Shaping community:
. Oxford: Archaeopress.
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Shaping community:
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Subtitle:
the art and archaeology of monasticism
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British Archaeological Reports
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Volume:
S941
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Number of Pages:
189
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Monograph Chapter (in Series)
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Volume presenting seventeen papers stemming from a symposium held at the University of Minnesota in March, 2000, covering monastic sites of a wide range of periods, geographical locations, and variations of religious community and of material evidence. The aim of the papers is to illuminate basic (art and architectural) issues concerning monasteries as communities, or parts of communities, and the by the insights gained to provoke thought about other monastic experiences. Includes
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Editor:
Sheila McNally
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Issue Editor:
Sheila McNally
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Archaeopress
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Year of Publication:
2001
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ISBN:
1 84171 233 7
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Is Portmanteau: 1 Editorial Expansion: papers from a symposium held at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, March 10--12, 2000
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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17 Jan 2006
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Abstract
Introduction
Sheila McNally
3 - 14
providing some basic background information about Christian monasticism, its history and development
Feeding communities: monasteries and urban development in early medieva...
John Soderberg
67 - 77
presents preliminary conclusions about evidence from recent excavations at Clonmacnoise monastery, County Offaly, that supports claims for early urbanization. The author discusses the possibility that this apparent emergence of urbanism represents the elaboration of a horizontal organization rather than its replacement by a more centralized (vertical) organization. To demonstrate the value of considering such horizontal organization as a significant influence shaping communities, the author considers the hypotheses that early medieval Ireland was not a highly centralized society, and that features typically associated with the development of centralization occur in decentralized areas
The Bordesley Abbey precinct: the definition and use of space in an English Cist...
David A Walsh
91 - 99
the paper examines the functioning of Bordesley Abbey in the West Midlands, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1138, concentrating on the Abbey's activities outside the claustral nucleus and within the precinct boundaries, an area which comprised ninety acres on the Arrow River and which has been subject to an extensive multidisciplinary study
How much space did medieval nuns have or need?
Constance Berman
100 - 116
paper considering the issue of medieval ecclesiastical space, and in particular religious enclosure. The author examines the amount and characteristics of space allocated to, and needed by, women in religious orders
Monastic lessons
Garth Rockcastle
179 - 188
discusses the diversity and power of monastic architecture, and the lessons to be learned from it for architectural design and thought
