Le monastère face aux laïques au haut Moyen Âge : lieux de culte secondaires et accueil aux limites de l’espace monastique dans le contexte italien 1
Eleonora Destefanis
Hospitality for pauperes and peregrini represents a fundamental issue of the monastic life, involving both material (food, lodging health) spiritual care. The study charity provided by monasteries is strongly connected with definition monasterium, as in fact written sources, often linked to word xenodochium; furthermore, monasterium could reach boundaries much wider than nucleous where monks live. Just at edge this space – claustrum or bigger territory, perceived however every aspect we can find specific complexes social (and sometimes medical) services, certain cases secondary churches, distinct from abbatial one.The paper studies, through some Early Middle Ages Italian referring well archaeological topographical functional choices these structures. They appear thought categories people, such women who would not have had access male distinguished guest, who, least since Carolingian Age, needed buildings additional comfort.
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