Apocalyptic Asceticism : Completing the edition of Alexander
Minorita's Expositio in Apocalypsim as it is found in
Cambridge, University Library, MM.5.31

J 2023

Apocalyptic Asceticism : Completing the edition of Alexander Minorita's Expositio in Apocalypsim as it is found in Cambridge, University Library, MM.5.31

HAYTON, Magda and Robert Laurence John SHAW

Basic information

Original name

Apocalyptic Asceticism : Completing the edition of Alexander Minorita's Expositio in Apocalypsim as it is found in Cambridge, University Library, MM.5.31

Authors

HAYTON, Magda (124 Canada) and Robert Laurence John SHAW (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion, USA, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 0362-1529

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

article in the journal archive

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.400 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132527

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/tdo.2023.2

UT WoS

001125275000005

Keywords (in Czech)

apokalypsa; apokalyptika; Alexandr Minorita; Albert ze Stade; mendikanti; mnišství; askeze; duchovní boj

Keywords in English

apocalypse; apocalypticism; Alexander Minorita; Albert of Stade; mendicants; monasticism; asceticism; spiritual warfare

Abstract

V originále

The Expositio in Apocalypsim by Alexander Minorita (also known as Alexander of Bremen, d. 1271) is the earliest complete mendicant Apocalypse commentary. It has been noted for its highly chronological interpretation of the path toward the end times and its witness to the early spread of Joachimite texts into central Europe. Our knowledge of the transmission and, crucially, the use of this text has thus far not taken into account thirty-five folios of instruction on spiritual warfare found in one of the Expositio's eight manuscript witnesses: Cambridge, University Library, Mm.5.31 (c. 1270). The edition presented here of this unique addition, which was excluded from the modern critical edition of the Expositio, makes the complete Cambridge version of the Expositio available for the first time. While there has been some debate over the editorship of this version of the commentary — the Benedictine-turned-Franciscan Albert of Stade (d. c. 1260) and Alexander himself have both been suggested — we argue that a further possibility must be considered. Its author may have been a highly educated Benedictine writer, who adapted the commentary with his coreligionists (at least partly) in mind. His goal was not only to extol the importance within the apocalyptic timeline of Benedictine history, but also to promote ascetic values among his readers. Overall, the Cambridge Expositio provides further evidence of the intellectual conversations and cross-pollination of both practices of learning and structures of thought between mendicant, university, and cenobitic cultures in this period. Within this context, apocalyptic thought could find unexpected uses, including galvanizing monks in day-to-day religious practice and progress.

Citovat

HAYTON, Magda and Robert Laurence John SHAW. Apocalyptic Asceticism : Completing the edition of Alexander Minorita's Expositio in Apocalypsim as it is found in Cambridge, University Library, MM.5.31. Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion. USA: Cambridge University Press, 2023, vol. 78, No 1, p. 263-372. ISSN 0362-1529. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/tdo.2023.2.

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HAYTON, Magda and Robert Laurence John SHAW. Apocalyptic Asceticism : Completing the edition of Alexander Minorita's Expositio in Apocalypsim as it is found in Cambridge, University Library, MM.5.31. \textit{Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion}. USA: Cambridge University Press, 2023, vol.~78, No~1, p.~263-372. ISSN~0362-1529. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/tdo.2023.2.

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