Rhinoceros Bound : : Cluny in the Tenth Century / / Barbara H. Rosenwein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Rosenwein, Barbara H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: The Middle Ages Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Note on the Maps --; Introduction --; 1. THE LINEAGE OF CLUNIAC STUDIES --; 2. LOOKING AT THE TENTH CENTURY: The Historians' Perception of Cluny 5 Benefacto --; 4. LOOKING IN: The Cluniac Perception of the Monastery --; 5. LOOKING AT CLUNY IN CONTEXT --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512806724; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512806724
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Barbara H. Rosenwein.

In the tenth century the great monastery at Cluny rose as a bulwark of strength and order in the midst of social chaos. Within its protective walls emerged a model of restraint: the "rhinoceros bound." The author show how the instability of everyday life was replaced at Cluny with an interpretation of the Benedictine rule that stressed ritual, order, and lawfulness. Combining traditional historical techniques with contemporary sociological insights, she reevaluates a period crucial to the political development of Europe.