Petrarch's humanist writing and Carthusian monasticism
Subtitle: the secret language of the self
By: by Demetrio S. Yocum
Contributors: Gehl, Paul F., writer of foreword
Series: Medieval church studies -- volume 26; Medieval church studies -- 26.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9782503544199
Subjects: Philosophy; Ethics; Spiritual life; Charterhouses; History; Humanism; Early works to 1800; Humanism, Religious, in literature; Catholic Church and humanism; Self; Christianity; Carthusians
Description: Of the long line of renowned and anti-scholastic intellectuals who were attracted to Carthusian circles, Petrarch was undoubtedly the first. By revealing the Carthusian imprint on Petrarch's thought as well as elements of Carthusian spirituality present in his texts, this book argues that Carthusianism was an essential component of Petrarch's Christian humanism and hermeneutics of the self.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Petrach and the Carthusians; title: Rethinking solitude: the practice of solitude and silence in Petrach and Carthusian spirituality; title: Rethinking otium: cultivating soul through soil; title: Rethinking liturgy: Petrach and the laicization of the Carthusian liturgy; title: Rethinking reading and writing: Petrarch and the Carthusian practice of silent preaching; title: Conclusion: Petrarch's humanism and the practice of kenotic writing.