Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism: The Cluniac Tradition, c.900-1200 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Scott G. Bruce
English | Nov 26, 2007 | ISBN: 0521860806 | 227 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Nov 26, 2007 | ISBN: 0521860806 | 227 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of silence forbade them from speaking.