Christian Monasticism

Knowles, David

Religion & Spirituality

McGraw=Hill

From Pachomius to Ignatius: A Study in the Constitutional History of the Religious Orders. The Sarum Lectures 1964-5

Clarendon Press

Christian Monasticism (World University Library)

World University Library

This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy.No dust jacket.

Littlehampton Book Services Lt

Saints and Scholars: Twenty-five Medieval Portraits

Biographies & Memoirs

Praeger

Prime Location. Soho Sublet March 1 to June 1. Pristine 1 BR. Hrdwd flrs. Air-con, $400/mo. Call Jefferson (212) 496-3715 "I've seen things here, Henry. Real things. A real side of this woman's life...Call it spying if you like, but this experiment might be the only way to get at that life." Every summer, Jefferson, the narrator of The Third Eye, sublets a pristine Manhattan apartment to a new beautiful young woman. He spends the next two months hidden behind the boarded-up windows of the building across the street, photographing his tenant as she goes about her life. Jefferson has compiled albums full of photographs from the four previous summers, which he shares only with Henry, a young painter whom Jefferson "discovered" and now "nurtures." Henry works from the photos, but so far has been allowed to show his art only to his patron, because no one, especially the subjects of the paintings, must ever suspect that the project exists. Such awareness would defeat its central purpose, to wipe away the boundary between art and everyday life. Jefferson expects this summer's tenant to be the most sublime subject yet. Maya Vanasi is a self-assured Indian woman who wears a red dot on her forehead--a bindi, the "third eye"--and who seems to exude a mystical power, a mysterious strength that Jefferson can't resist. But almost immediately after moving into the apartment, Maya disappears, and Jefferson discovers that his new tenant is as enigmatic as the third eye itself. Desperate for an explanation, Jefferson sets out to research the bindi and the perplexing clues Maya has dropped about her identity and possible whereabouts, which lead him on a frantic exploration of Indian mysticism and into the throes of a spiraling obsession that threatens to spin his elaborate project dangerously out of control. Suspenseful and sparely elegant, coolly eerie and atmospheric, The Third Eye is New York noir at its provocative and intelligent best, enlisting the city as its manic, ambitious, threatening self to drive the book through its exquisitely unfolded, unpredictable plot into a brilliant confrontation with the rules of morality, perception, faith, art, and reason. It is a masterful performance that proves David Knowles to be one of the most interesting and accomplished young writers at work today. He expects his new tenant to be the most sublime "model" yet. Not only is she beautiful and self-assured, but she wears a red dot on her forehead (the "third eye" of the title), which indicates to Jefferson that she is deeply mystical, and he is fascinated. But she inexplicably eludes the camera, and he becomes obsessed. THE THIRD EYE is a suspenseful and atmospheric New York noir, and Knowles is brilliant at exquisitely unfolding the narrator's plan in spare, elegant prose. But more than that, this debut novel is an insightful exploration of art and perception--and an opening salvo in what promises to be an extraordinary literary career. --&gt;

The Third Eye: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

Nan A. Talese

A famous text with an introduction and commentary by Brooke and Luscombe. It reveals the connection between the thought of the Medieval Schools of philosophy and that of the Greek philosophers. The new edition has been fully revised, updated and corrected.

The Evolution of Medieval Thought

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Vintage

This is the first of a series of volumes which have become recognised as one of the great monuments of English historical scholarship. The late Dom David Knowles began work on the subject in 1929; The Monastic Order in England appeared in 1948, 1955 and 1959. This volume begins the account of a whole way of Christian life and a unique element of English civilisation, from Anglo-Saxon times to the mid-sixteenth century. It opens with a survey of monastic life and activities of the old orders to 1340; goes on to record the impact of the Friars, and concludes with a general survey of the monasteries and their world.

Religious Orders Vol 1

Cambridge University Press

This collection transports us into the monastic age - the thousand years between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, when the monasteries were the treasure-houses of Europe's social, cultural and religious heritage. The men we encounter are each representative, in differing ways, of their own historical setting and of the strengths and weaknesses of mankind. Professor Knowles portrays outstanding spiritual leaders, such as St Bernard and St Francis; the powerful intellects, the writers and artists, such as St Anselm, Bede and Matthew Paris; some of the noblemen, politicians and magnates; and those, like Gerald of Wales or John Wyclif, who were fierce and not always just critics of the monastic way of life; some lesser figures whose interests were limited to farm administration or country pursuits; and those almost forgotten men who died for their faith under the shadow of the Reformation. Each study is remarkable for its balance, sympathy and understanding; this is a collection by a great scholar who is an artist in words.

Saints and Scholars

History

Europe

Monastic Sites from the Air

Joseph, J. K. S. St.

Archaeology

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