Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism by Scott G. Bruce

Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought; Fourth

Scott G. Bruce

209 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
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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. After examining ...

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