The Grandmontine “Good Man ( Vir Bonus )”— Clerc or Conversus
Ideals and Identity among the Successors of Stephen of Muret (†1124)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21838323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Millan-Cole (The University of Sydney), Joseph Ewan Millan-Cole (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1947-6566 • E-ISSN: 2153-9650 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jmedirelicult.46.1.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W3006354811 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Grandmontine communities of the twelfth century developed a unique social vision of community organization based on the received spiritual teachings of the Auvergne hermit, Stephen of Muret. Central to their order was the subordination of clerics to lay brother governors. From this position, the Grandmontine clerics recorded their ideal of the “Good Man,” and this vision of virtue became significant in later internal contests and conflicts over community leadership. This article examines the evolution and ruin of Grandmontine confraternity, with reference to other marginalized religious groups of the twelfth century with whom their struggles can be compared
Aesthetics · Brother · Political science · Sociology · Virtue · Gender Studies · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |