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).

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsRethinking Reform: an IntroductionSteven VanderputtenPART 1: Deconstructing/Reconstructing Reform1 The Problem(s) with the Carolingian Reform(s)Rutger Kramer2 Deconstructing/Reconstructing Monastic ReformSteven Vanderputten3 Deconstructing and Reconstructing Clerical ReformBrigitte Meijns4 Deconstructing/Reconstructing Papal ReformNicolangelo D’AcuntoPART 2: The Societal Dimensions of Reform5 The Societal Background and Impact of ‘Reform’Robert F. BerkhoferIII6 Transformations of Lay and Clerical MasculinitiesRachel Stone7 Changes in Lay Piety and DevotionCatherine CubittPART 3: Continuities and Transformations in Texts, Artistic Expressions, and Terminologies8 Reforming Approaches and Continuous Enhancement: Penance and the PenitentialsLudger Körntgen9 Continuities and Transformations in HagiographyGordon Blennemann and Anne-Marie Helvétius10 Continuities and Transformations in Art, Manuscript Culture, and ArchitectureDiane Reilly11 Vocabularies and Narratives of ReformJulia BarrowBibliographyIndex