Why a 1,500-year-old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life
By Ed Krčma, Associate Professor of Art History, School of History and Art History, University of East Anglia
Jessica Barker, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art
Saint Benedict imagined a life of stability, community and measure; one devoted to the care for souls and, ultimately, to spiritual salvation.
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