heiUP_OAPEN_Verdoot_book.pdf

• Language: fre
• Published: Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP) 2021

In the Middle Ages, the very existence of Benedictine monasteries was based on their proclaimed isolation from the world, a tenet diametrically opposed to their means of subsistence. Indeed, in order to extract goods from society (oblates, food, protection…), abbeys had to provide tangible goods and...