Inaug.-diss.--Tübingen. / Lebenslauf. "Quellen-und literaturverzeichnis": p. 2-5.

Inaug.-diss.--Tübingen. / Lebenslauf. "Quellen-und literaturverzeichnis": p.2-5.

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Thesis (Doctor in de nederlandsche Letteren)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1903. / Cf. NB 0705602. Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a critical edition of charters pertaining to Thoby Priory, Essex which flourished cl 140 to 1525. The introductory chapters discuss the history of Thoby from its origins as a hermitage in the woods of Mountnessing and its formallsation as an Augustinian house, through to its early suppression for the endowment of Cardinal Wolsey's college at Oxford. The work examines the social backgrounds of Thoby's founders and main benefactors, and looks at their motives for donations. It discusses the pattern of Thobys property acquisition and the degree to which it was proactive or passive, outlining the canons' four centuries of estate management. Thoby was one of a dozen Augustinian houses In Essex, and one of the smallest; there were also eleven religious houses of various orders within a fifteen-mile radius of Thoby, which meant that competition for endowment was always strong. This may be the reason for Thoby's comparative lack of spiritualities; unlike many Augustinian houses Thoby only possessed one parish church, St Giles, Mountnessing. The thesis looks at the canons' relationship with the vicars of the church, which was not always a smooth one when it came to their respective claims over tithes. It also looks at Thoby's relationship with the neighbouring religious houses. The introduction to the edition also includes a discussion of the convent Itself. There is a list of priors and canons; a brief outline of their routine, and a conjectural description of the conventual buildings (of which just one arch remains today). Finally, as this is not an edition of a cartulary, it has been possible to describe and discuss the valuable collection of seals appended to some of these 225 original documents. There are examples from bishops, deans and several monastic houses, for instance, and personal seals which include equestrian and heraldic examples, as well as more workaday seals from the lesser gentry.

Thesis (Doctor in de nederlandsche Letteren)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1903. / Cf. NB 0705602. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Augustinian canons have never enjoyed the level of scholarly attention afforded to the monastic and mendicant movements of the central middle ages. This disparity has been particularly acute in the British Isles, despite being its most prolific religious movement. Scholars working in England, Ireland, and Wales have begun to correct this historiographical lacuna. In Scotland, the regular canons have also received comparatively scant attention, and, indeed, have largely been understood on the basis of imported paradigms. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to address a deficiency in Scottish historiography and make a contribution to the growing scholarship on the regular canons in the British Isles. The regular canonical movement is examined within the kingdom of Scotland over the course of roughly a century. Eleven non-congregational houses of regular canons are considered, namely Scone, Holyrood, Jedburgh, St. Andrews, Cambuskenneth, and Inchcolm and the dependencies of Loch Tay, Loch Leven, Restenneth, Canonbie, and St. Mary’s Isle. The kingdom of Scotland provides both a common context, and a diverse milieu, in which to consider the foundation and development of these institutions and the movement as a whole. The chronological parameters have been determined by the foundation of the first house of regular canons in Scotland in c. 1120 and the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, which had the effect of artificially creating the Order of St Augustine. By examining individual houses separately, as well as in unison, this study seeks to present an integrated picture of the regular canonical movement in the kingdom of Scotland during the period of its organic development from c. 1120 to 1215. The fundamental question concerning the regular canons is the nature of their vocation and their societal function. It has increasingly been recognised that a spectrum of different interpretations of canonical life existed ranging from the active – pastoral, practical, and outward looking – to the contemplative – ascetic, quasi-eremitical, and inward looking – which were all part of the same decentralised religious movement. This thesis attempts to situate the Scottish Augustinians, as far as possible, within this spectrum. It argues that a unique manifestation of the regular canonical movement emerged in the kingdom of Scotland as the result of a range of factors – including shared patrons, leadership, and episcopal support – which had the effect of creating a group identity, and, thereby, a collective understanding of their vocation and role in society. The subject institutions have been particularly fortunate in terms of the quality and variety of the surviving source material. The evidence is comprised principally of charter material, but also includes chronicles and foundation narratives produced by Scottish Augustinians, and these provide an essential supplement. This thesis sheds light on an important group of religious houses in Scotland and on a complex religious movement that is only beginning to be fully understood, and, thus, it is hoped that this study will lay the groundwork for future research.

This thesis considers the apse murals in the sixteenth-century Augustinian mission church of San Agusti­n de Acolman. These murals feature three horizontal rows of enthroned popes, bishops, cardinals, and friars. I connect these murals to contemporary conflicts between the regular and secular clergy in the New Spanish church, arguing that the Augustinians at Acolman used their apse to hierarchically position themselves within the New Spanish church.The figures in these murals will be identified as an allegory of the Roman Church. Comparisons will be drawn between the murals and the Sistine Chapel, suggesting that Acolman's allegorical image of the Church connoted papal power. I also highlight the position of the friars in the lowest level of the murals. Through a comparison with retablos, I demonstrate that these friars are the foundation of the Church. Finally, I reflect upon the implications of allegorizing the Church as a collection of Augustinians.

This dissertation is an attempt to develop an Augustinian response to political problems diagnosed by Michel Foucault's analysis of modern political power. Foucault argues that the primary acts of power in the modern age are not repressive acts but creative ones. Instead of prohibiting acts, political power disciplines, rehabilitates and normalizes. The result of this is a disciplined and docile subject within which relations of power are so deeply embedded that 'liberation' can only bring about their entrenchment and the absorption of all aspects of life into the political structures they represent. Foucault's alternative consists in practices of aesthetic self-creation not linked to transcendent or natural construals of order. William Connolly extends Foucault's argument by criticizing Augustine as a thinker projecting a moral order onto the world and then categorizing the world on the basis of this order. This contrasts with Connolly's attempt to derive political practice from ethical sources that do not attempt to order the cosmos unambiguously . I use John Milbank to begin an Augustinian response as Milbank understands Augustine as developing an ontology grounded in the priority of peace and plenitude to violence and scarcity. This provides the basis for my argument that within Augustine's account of the purposive nature of love and desire within the subject lies an implicit critique of Foucault's ethic of aesthetic self-creation. What follows this is an attempt to outline the significant characteristics of a political posture formed by the practice of the Eucharist. These characteristics provide an alternative to both modem political practice and Foucauldian practice. The final chapter applies this Augustinian political posture to the realms of sexuality, on one hand, and punishment and discipline, on the other. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

The diploma work deals with the history of the male Augustinian order in Bohemia and Moravia, i.e. both canons and eremites. The main concern of the first part is the personality of St. Augustin and general history of the order in Europe. The history of the order in Bohemia and Moravia follows and at the end the history of individual Bohemian and Moravian cloisters is elaborated.