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... historians , as theologians , as biblical commentators and as writers of spiritual instruction they were supreme until 1100 and still notable in 1150. Cluny , Bec , Moyenmoutier , Monte Cassino and St Albans were all in their different ...
... historians , as theologians , as biblical commentators and as writers of spiritual instruction they were supreme until 1100 and still notable in 1150. Cluny , Bec , Moyenmoutier , Monte Cassino and St Albans were all in their different ...
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... historians as to their prime aim . Was it a protest , a revolt , a reform , or was it simply and only an alternative version of the monastic life ? At the time and in the eyes of many historians of the past the general opinion was that ...
... historians as to their prime aim . Was it a protest , a revolt , a reform , or was it simply and only an alternative version of the monastic life ? At the time and in the eyes of many historians of the past the general opinion was that ...
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... historians of Rome . When the great reform movement got under way it was manned and steered by monks , who gave as a nostrum for all spiritual ills the monastic virtues and devotions - chastity , obedi- ence and the liturgy . At the ...
... historians of Rome . When the great reform movement got under way it was manned and steered by monks , who gave as a nostrum for all spiritual ills the monastic virtues and devotions - chastity , obedi- ence and the liturgy . At the ...
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List of maps 6 | 6 |
Foreword | 7 |
The first Christian monks | 9 |
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