Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany: The Chronicle of Petershausen in Translation

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This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful view of traditional monastic life against the backdrop of contemporary interactions with bishops and lay patrons, the process of monastic reform, and the local and supra-regional disruption driven by the struggle over investiture. -- .

Alison I. Beach is Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews Shannon M. T. Li, PhD is a professional indexer and proprietor of Li Indexing Samuel S. Sutherland is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University -- .

'Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany provides a skillfully annotated and translated text of the Petershausen Chronicles. The Chronicles not only provide a glimpse into twelfth-century German monasticism and society, they are a fascinating read: a saint who refuses to give up his relics, a cruel murderer who boils his victim, battle scenes, visions, miracles, and delightfully detailed descriptions make the Chronicles anything but a dry historical account.' The American Benedictine Review -- .