Medieval Monastic Consuetudines: in Search of Definition and Classification

By the beginning of the 12^th century, the life of a monk in Latin West was regulated by a complex set of normative documents. Among the latter were customaries, consuetudines, which for a long time remained perhaps the least studied normative sources on the history of Western monasticism. In the 1950s, the works of K. Hallinger laid the foundation for the scholarly study of consuetudines: the very first critical editions of customaries were published, a definition of this type of source was formulated, and the first classification was compiled. Subsequently, through the efforts of a number of scholars representing different scientific schools and research centers around the world, the definition and classifications were refined, becoming increasingly precise and complex. As a result, by the present time, the place of consuetudines in the system of normative documents regulating monastic life in the Latin West in the Middle Ages is clearly defined: they are perceived as local customizations of monastic rules. Several hypotheses have been formulated to explain the origin and development of customaries, and a sufficient number of quite intricate classifications of consuetudines have been created to assist historians in working with this historical source.

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historiography, Kassius Hallinger, monks, everyday life, consuetudines

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14.07.2023

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12.09.2023

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GOST	Mastyayeva I. Medieval Monastic Consuetudines: in Search of Definition and Classification // ISTORIYA – 2023. – V. 14. – Issue 7 (129) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840026928-9-1 (circulation date: 25.08.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840026928-9
MLA	Mastyayeva, Irina "Medieval Monastic Consuetudines: in Search of Definition and Classification." ISTORIYA 14.7 (129) (2023) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840026928-9
APA	Mastyayeva I. (2023). Medieval Monastic Consuetudines: in Search of Definition and Classification. ISTORIYA 14(7 (129)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840026928-9

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