Klosterflucht und Bittgang
Publisher: Böhlau
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Köln
Language: ger
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9783412502638
Subjects: Switzerland; C 1000 CE to c 1500; Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Description: Religious sometimes broke their vows and returned illegally to the society of the late Middle Ages. The study deals with the most radical violation of the monastic way of life, the escape from the monastery and the apostasy of the religious community. The focus is almost a thousand petitions from the Roman-German Empire. The study of apostasy provides insights into motives, dissemination, prevention and sanctions and explains divergences between norms and practice.
Notes: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

German.