Life at Saint Victor
Fri, Apr 02, 2021
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This volume brings together a number of texts that shed light on life in the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris, from its ideals to its daily routine. TheÌýLiber ordinisÌýbuilds a framework and ideal vision for life at the Abbey of Saint Victor. Richard’sÌýDe quaestionibus, Hugh’sÌýDe institutione novitiorum, the letters of Odo, William of Æbelholt’sÌýVita, and the other documents translated here reflect the spirit of Victorine reform. Its central theme was theÌývita apostolica, with its emphasis on sharing resources and living in a community. By incorporating prayer, pastoral care, moral discipline, and education, the Victorines believed their lifestyle would help to reform the greater Christian world that was so in need of restoration to the image in which God had created it. Many of the texts gathered here are translated into English for the first time, and are an invaluable resource for the study of the Abbey of Saint Victor, twelfth-century church reform, and medieval spirituality.
Frans van Liere is professor of Medieval History at ÃÛÌÒapp in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Juliet MousseauÌýisÌýa Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and professor of Church History at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in Saint Louis, Missouri