Les Ordres religieux du Moyen Age : des organisations fermées ? Le cas de Cluny
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Various theories assume that ancient organizations are more « self-contained », more « closed » that contemporary organizations. This article takes the opposite point of view. It shows that the monastic ordrer of Cluny has close relationship with its environment during the first centuries of his existence (10th-12th centuries). More precisely, from the resource dependance perspective, we argue that Cluny needs different resources – real estate, financial and human – and uses several means to obtain them and hold control over them. These means are of three types : 1) personal relationships with key stakeholders from the environement, 2) language and symbols and 3) rules and formal structures. In several ways, relationships between Cluny and its environment are similar to what we observe in some contemporary organizations.
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Jean Nizet, « Les Ordres religieux du Moyen Age : des organisations fermées ? Le cas de Cluny », Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 123 | 2003, 41-60.
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Jean Nizet, « Les Ordres religieux du Moyen Age : des organisations fermées ? Le cas de Cluny », Archives de sciences sociales des religions [Online], 123 | juillet - septembre 2003, Online since 17 November 2005, connection on 29 March 2024. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/assr/1065 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/assr.1065
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