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... country . Even a practised medievalist may be astonished to see the complete monastic map of any country of western Europe . In England and Wales alone , for which we have more complete information than for most other countries , the ...
... country . Even a practised medievalist may be astonished to see the complete monastic map of any country of western Europe . In England and Wales alone , for which we have more complete information than for most other countries , the ...
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... countries , and that the French Revolution and Napoleon had accounted for the rest . In some cases , indeed , the work of destruction went on , when liberal governments in Switzer- land and Spain renewed the work of secularisation . It ...
... countries , and that the French Revolution and Napoleon had accounted for the rest . In some cases , indeed , the work of destruction went on , when liberal governments in Switzer- land and Spain renewed the work of secularisation . It ...
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... countries that were , or that fell under , communist control . On the other hand a remarkable surge of monastic recruitment , considerably larger than the corresponding wave in 1919-25 , was observed in almost every country , and in ...
... countries that were , or that fell under , communist control . On the other hand a remarkable surge of monastic recruitment , considerably larger than the corresponding wave in 1919-25 , was observed in almost every country , and in ...
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List of maps 6 | 6 |
Foreword | 7 |
The first Christian monks | 9 |
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