monks

Paper instructions:
In his Rule, St Benedict instructs individual monks to submit themselves to their abbot’s direction. Benedict stresses the centrality of obedience, absolute obedience, to the abbot, and so sets up a stark power hierarchy in the monastery. In your essay, identify and evaluate other kinds of medieval power hierarchies and power dynamics that are discussed in two of the following books or primary sources assigned for class. Your choices are Claster’s book, one of the primary sources on the Crusades, Adamson’s book, one of the primary sources on food, and Bennett’s book. Chose two, compare and contrast the kinds of power hierarchies you see at work in your chosen materials, and be sure to use direct citations from the sources, properly footnoted, to support your points.
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