USanta Benedict waseNursia kanye nenqubekelaphambili elethwa izindela eYurophu
I-Middle Ages ivame ukubhekwa njengenkathi yobumnyama, lapho intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe kanye nobuciko yafika futhi isiko lasendulo lakhukhulwa ubuqaba. Nokho, lokhu kuyiqiniso ngokwengxenye kuphela futhi imiphakathi yezindela yadlala indima ebalulekile ekulondolozweni nasekusabalaliseni amasiko ngaleso sikhathi. Ikakhulukazi, izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe ezakhiwe ngu izindela babeka izisekelo zokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe besimanje.
Ongcwele oyedwa ngokukhethekile, USanta Benedict waseNursia wakhethwa njengosanta ongumvikeli waseYurophu ngendima yakhe njengomsunguli we-Benedictine order nomqambi womthetho “khulekani nisebenze", eyahlinzekela ukwehlukana kokuphila kwezindela phakathi komkhuleko nomsebenzi wezandla nowobuhlakani. Le ndlela entsha yokuphila yezindela yashintsha yonke into, njengoba izindela zenza kuqala bahlehla bodwa ukuzinikela emthandazweni kuphela. USanta Benedict esikhundleni salokho wagcizelela ukubaluleka komsebenzi wezandla njengendlela yokudumisa uNkulunkulu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, imfundiso yobuKristu iye yakhuthaza umqondo wokuhluzeka kwendalo, ngokusho kwawo Natura wadalwa uNkulunkulu ngokombono othile, umuntu angafunda ngawo ukuqonda nokusebenzisa ukuze uzuze. Le ndlela yashukumisela izindela ukuthuthukisa entsha okusunguliwe kanye nokuqanjwa okusha emikhakheni eyahlukene.
Theukuqedwa kobugqila futhi ukusabalala kwezindela kwavumela amadoda akhululekile ukuba azinikele ekusebenzeni umhlaba futhi akhe izinhlelo zemishini nezamanzi ukuze enze umsebenzi wezolimo ube lula. Izindela ziye wasebenza umhlaba, bakha amachweba futhi bakhuthaza ezolimo kanye nokufuywa.
Ukusungulwa kwezindela
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindela walondoloza futhi basakaza imibhalo yasendulo, babambisane ukukhiqizwa kwezidakamizwa nasekuhlinzekweni kwezinsiza zezempilo. Ngokumangalisayo, izinto ezintsha zabo zasabalala ngokushesha kuzo zonke izindlu zezindela, naphezu kokuxhumana okungasheshi ngaleso sikhathi.
Izindela Ama-Cistercians, ikakhulukazi, baziwa ngamakhono abo kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nensimbi. Basungula i-iwashi lamanzi, izibuko kanye noshizi weParmigiano Reggiano. Baphinde baba nesandla ekusungulweni kweigeja elinzima, ukwenza izinguquko kwezolimo kanye nokwandisa umkhiqizo womhlaba.
Izindela Abacuphi baye bazihlukanisa ekukhiqizeni nasekusabalaliseni ubhiya, ukucwenga amasu okucubungula kanye nokuthola izindlela ezintsha. Futhi lapho ukutshala umvini futhi ukukhiqizwa kwewayini kuye kwaba imisebenzi evamile phakathi kwezindela inkathi ephakathi, njengoba iwayini lalibalulekile ukugubhaI-Ekaristi.