Tag: Monasteries

Free Download Joyce Youings, "The Dissolution of the Monasteries"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1032038454, 1032038500 | EPUB | pages: 266 | 0.7 mb
Originally published in 1971 this book begins with the assumption that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was neither an integral nor an essential part of the English reformation. This book pursues the story chronologically and thus helps students re-discover what contemporaries knew was happening at each successive stage. An important part of this process consists in watching – with the help of a selection of surviving records – how the Court of Augmentation went to work not only centrally but in the field. The part played by Thomas Cromwell, in both the devising and the carrying out of the Dissolution is reassessed and particular attention is paid to the chronological relation between his career and the early stages of the dispersal of the crown’s new resources among the King’s subjects.

Free Download Mikaela Sundberg, "Fraternal Relations in Monasteries"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367534924, 0367534916 | PDF | pages: 174 | 9.1 mb
This is a book about the tensions between Christian ideals of love and the concrete realities of everyday monastic life. Based on a study of Cistercian monasteries in France, it develops a novel conceptualization of fraternal relations and addresses how monks and nuns strive to accomplish such relationships within their communities. By focusing on the main interaction contexts of monasteries as a form of voluntary total institution, the book shows how attempts to generate collective solidarity, relate to other members as equals and avoid preferential relations conflict with practices of everyday life. Although fraternal ideals are similar for monks and nuns, the analysis reveals significant gender differences regarding the legitimacy of different forms of interaction and relationships as well as how to control them. The book appeals to readers with an interest in total institutions, sociology of religion, sociology of friendship, sociology of intimacy and also to scholars with an interest in theology of love and practical theology.

Free Download Siân Pritchard Jones, "Ladakh: Land of Magical Monasteries"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 817769488X, 1499515405, 1499515405 | EPUB | pages: 221 | 2.1 mb
Ladakh is a wonderland of mesmerising, sweeping vistas. With its barren, rugged mountains, crystal clear skies and inspiring visions of a lost Shangri-La, Ladakh is a very special place. Beyond the Himalaya, on the edge of Tibet, it is a hidden paradise for trekkers, tourists and travellers.

Free Download Peter Dennis, "Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas: Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan"
English | 2011 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1849083967 | PDF | 6,9 mb
Buddhism has been influential in the mountain kingdoms of the Himalayas since the 7th century AD, most notably in the kingdom of Tibet where it permeated all aspects and levels of society until the 20th century. From the 9th-century AD onwards, the secular rulers of Tibet sought to extend their influence, and that of Buddhism, throughout the region. To this end, huge stone and mud-brick fortifications, known as dzongs, were constructed to dominate the secular landscape, while massive Buddhist monasteries dominated the religious – both following a very specific style of Tibetan architecture. It has been estimated that as many as 3,000 monasteries were built along with 200 dzongs.