TY - BOOK ID - 78510126 TI - Life inside the cloister : understanding monastic architecture: tradition, reformation, adaptive reuse AU - Coomans, Thomas AU - Vints, Luc AU - Bennett, Laura AU - Klaarenbeek, Reinaut AU - Neskens, Tine. PY - 2018 VL - 21 SN - 9461662602 9789461662606 9789462701434 9462701431 PB - Leuven Leuven University Press DB - UniCat KW - Cloisters (Architecture) KW - Monastic and religious life KW - Monastic life KW - Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) KW - Monasticism and religious orders KW - Spiritual life KW - Vows KW - Architecture KW - Courtyards KW - Christianity KW - 235.4 KW - Kloosters--geschiedenis KW - Kloosterleven--geschiedenis KW - C3 KW - religieuze kunst KW - architectuur KW - kloosters KW - KADOC - Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum voor Religie, Cultuur en Samenleving (1977-) KW - Academic collection KW - 726.7 KW - Religieuze architectuur ; kloosters ; abdijen KW - Kunst en cultuur KW - Religieuze architectuur ; abdijen, kloosters KW - Religious architecture KW - monasteries [built complexes] KW - religieuze architectuur KW - geschiedenis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78510126 AB - Sacred architecture as reality and metaphor in secularised Western society.00Christian monasteries and convents, built throughout Europe for the best part of 1,500 years, are now at a crossroads. This study attempts to understand the sacred architecture of monasteries as a process of the tangible and symbolic organisation of space and time for religious communities. Despite the weight of seemingly immutable monastic tradition, architecture has contributed to developing specific religious identities and played a fundamental part in the reformation of different forms of religious life according to the changing needs of society. The cloister is the focal point of this book because it is both architecture, a physically built reality, and a metaphor for the religious life that takes place within it. Life Inside the Cloister also addresses the afterlife and heritagisation of monastic architecture in secularised Western society. ER -