Title: Schools of asceticism
First published: 1998
Description: Max Weber argued that medieval religious movements were an important source for the distinctive rationality of Western civilization. He intended to study this theme but died before he could do so. In Schools of Asceticism, Lutz Kaelber builds on Weber's ideas by presenting a fresh analysis of asceticism in orthodox and heretical religious groups in the Middle Ages.

Based on extensive research using primary and secondary sources, this book bridges the disciplines of comparative and historical sociology, medieval history, and religious studies.
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders, Albigenses, Church history, Waldenses, Asceticism, History, Mönchtum, Religieuze orden, Askese, Kloosters, Religiöse Bewegung, 11.52 medieval Christianity, Christentum, Ascetisme, Gemeenschap (sociologie), Middle Ages, Church history, middle ages, 600-1500, Monasticism and religious orders, middle ages, 600-1500
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: BR270 .K34 1998