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Equally fascinating is Boynton's examination of the process by which Farfa, like other monasteries, cathedral chapters, and royal houses, constantly rewrote its history - particularly the stories of its founding - as part of the continuous negotiation of power that was central to medieval politics and culture.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Shaping a Monastic Identity
• Subtitle: Liturgy and History at the Imperial Abbey of Farfa, 1000-1125
• Author: Susan Boynton
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780801443817
• ISBN: 0801443814
• ID: 04706451
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Weight: 28 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. January 2006

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