L'idéal monastique, les moines et les monastères du monde wisigothique selon Isidore de Séville

The monastic thought of St. Isidore is scattered in various works of different genres, each one demonstrating signs of an internal coherence that results from real-life experience and observation of monastic structures, coupled with a rigorous knowledge of the literary tradition. However, his contemporaries or immediate successors almost forgot the legacy of Isidore regarding the government of the monasteries. The purpose of this article is to identify some characteristics of the monastic vision of St. Isidore determined by a literary tradition, his observation of reality, and his need to convert monasteries into useful and positive communities transposed into the Visigothic church and Visigothic society.