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Page 31
eremitical expanded rapidly from 540 to 600 and became the ruling element not
only in the church but in society. In a land where cities and towns did not exist,
and where the social units were the clan and tribe, monasticism when it captured
...
eremitical expanded rapidly from 540 to 600 and became the ruling element not
only in the church but in society. In a land where cities and towns did not exist,
and where the social units were the clan and tribe, monasticism when it captured
...
Page 37
In the chaos and turmoil of the age that followed, the monasteries of western
Europe, from being places of withdrawal from a world that was seething with
political and social activity, gradually became centres of light and life in a simple,
static, ...
In the chaos and turmoil of the age that followed, the monasteries of western
Europe, from being places of withdrawal from a world that was seething with
political and social activity, gradually became centres of light and life in a simple,
static, ...
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Some of these became extinct, others formed small orders which still exist, mostly
as congregations in the confederation of Benedictines; others again became
canons or rejoined the stream of traditional monasticism. The Cistercians did not
...
Some of these became extinct, others formed small orders which still exist, mostly
as congregations in the confederation of Benedictines; others again became
canons or rejoined the stream of traditional monasticism. The Cistercians did not
...
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User Review - antiquary - LibraryThingThis was very interesting in showing how severely monastcism had declined in the 18th-19th centuries in Europe and how strikingly it had recovered in the 20th century until the new decline following the 1960s. Read full review
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User Review - ddonahue - LibraryThingDescribed by Norman Cantor as "the outstanding accomplishment in medieval studies by a Catholic in this century. It is also one of the enduring works of historical literature in the English language, placing Knowles in the pantheon with Gibbon, Macaulay, and Maitland." Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Christian monasticism Volume 44 of World University Library |
| Author | David Knowles |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Monasticism |
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