Benedictine Reform

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The Benedictine Reform was a 10th-century monastic and ecclesiastical renewal movement in England that sought to restore strict Benedictine observance, enhance clerical learning, and strengthen church discipline.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical reform movement
historical event
monastic reform movement
aimedTo enhance clerical learning
restore strict Benedictine observance
strengthen church discipline
appliesTo English cathedral chapters
English monasteries
secular clergy in England
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England
surface form: English Church
country Kingdom of England
documentedIn Regularis Concordia
endTime late 10th century
focusesOn celibacy of monks and nuns
enclosure of monastic communities
liturgical uniformity
removal of married clergy from monastic houses
follows Carolingian liturgical reforms
surface form: Carolingian monastic reforms
hasCause decline in monastic standards in England
secular control of monasteries
hasEffect growth of monastic schools
increase in monastic learning and scholarship
production of liturgical and scholarly manuscripts
reorganization of English monasteries
revival of Benedictine monasticism in England
standardization of monastic observance
strengthening of episcopal authority
hasPart ecclesiastical renewal
monastic renewal
hasParticipant Dunstan
Edgar the Peaceful
surface form: King Edgar the Peaceful

Oswald of Worcester
Æthelwold of Winchester
implementedBy Dunstan as Archbishop of Canterbury
Oswald as Bishop of Worcester
Æthelwold of Winchester
surface form: Æthelwold as Bishop of Winchester
inspiredBy Cluniac reforms
surface form: Continental Benedictine reforms

Rule of Saint Benedict
location England
pointInTime 10th century
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Benedictines
significantPlace Canterbury
Glastonbury Abbey
Winchester
Worcester
startTime mid-10th century
supportedBy English royal court
Edgar the Peaceful
surface form: King Edgar the Peaceful
uses Regularis Concordia as normative text

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Ælfric of Eynsham movement Benedictine Reform
Lives of Saints associatedWith Benedictine Reform
Ælfric’s Grammar associatedWith Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine Reform movement in England
Preface to Genesis religiousContext Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine Reform in England
Letter to Sigeweard culturalContext Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine Reform in England
Letter to Wulfgeat culturalContext Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine Reform movement
Letter to Brother Edward associatedWith Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: English Benedictine Reform
Pastoral Letters associatedWith Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine Reform in England
Æthelwold of Winchester movement Benedictine Reform
Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs religiousContext Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine reform movement
Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict associatedWith Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine monastic reform
Carolingian architecture associatedWith Benedictine Reform
this entity surface form: Benedictine monastic reform