Project

Learning as shared practice. Towards a new understanding of education in monastic communities of the High Middle Ages

Code
3E011914
Duration
01 October 2014 → 31 August 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History
Keywords
monasteries medieval history cultural history knowledge English Latin Middle Ages Comparative Language and text analysis Western Europe History
 
Project description

The project aims to re-evaluate education in monastic contexts of 11th-12th century by relying on the concept of “community of practice” and thus stressing active social participation in the processing of knowledge, beliefs and attitudes. This will be achieved through a comparative analysis of the preserved monastic correspondence, which will address the contents, contexts and perception of the learning process.