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... lived alone , or apart from others . In its sense of a religious devotee the word is a Christian coinage of the early fourth century , restricted at first to an anchorite or hermit , but applied in a very short time to all who ' left ...
... lived alone , or apart from others . In its sense of a religious devotee the word is a Christian coinage of the early fourth century , restricted at first to an anchorite or hermit , but applied in a very short time to all who ' left ...
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... . The Carthusians from the first had lay - brothers to provide service and craft work for the monks . At the Grande Chartreuse they lived lower down the mountain , and the separate establishment was long maintained in rural Charterhouses.
... . The Carthusians from the first had lay - brothers to provide service and craft work for the monks . At the Grande Chartreuse they lived lower down the mountain , and the separate establishment was long maintained in rural Charterhouses.
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... lived a life in which the Office and manual work , largely gardening , occupied most of the day ; the heavier work was done by brothers . The regime was austere , and many lived lives of devoted piety . After the fall of Constantinople ...
... lived a life in which the Office and manual work , largely gardening , occupied most of the day ; the heavier work was done by brothers . The regime was austere , and many lived lives of devoted piety . After the fall of Constantinople ...
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List of maps 6 | 6 |
Foreword | 7 |
The first Christian monks | 9 |
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