Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism : The Cluniac Tradition, c.900–1200
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521860806
ISBN-13
9780521860802
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 18th, 2007
Print length
226 Pages
Weight
504 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.00 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
European historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Christian communities & monasticism
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This book explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys, and the use of sign language among monks when rules of silence forbade them from speaking. It provides a full-length study of the silent language of hand signs employed by the monks of the Abbey of Cluny in France.
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