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... century . Later , several Englishmen were monks here , including the mystical writer Augustine Baker . It is now a ... century its influence spread to Spain , and guided the fervent reformed congregation of Valladolid , to which the ...
... century . Later , several Englishmen were monks here , including the mystical writer Augustine Baker . It is now a ... century its influence spread to Spain , and guided the fervent reformed congregation of Valladolid , to which the ...
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... century , which was an age of asceticism in Russia not altogether unlike that of the eleventh century in Italy , issued in three types of monk ; the hermit , the member of a small colony ( scete , skit ) , and the monk of the normal ...
... century , which was an age of asceticism in Russia not altogether unlike that of the eleventh century in Italy , issued in three types of monk ; the hermit , the member of a small colony ( scete , skit ) , and the monk of the normal ...
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... centuries have lingered solely as local species , increased more swiftly than at any time since the early seventeenth century . In that space , the numbers of Benedictine and Cistercian monks and of their houses doubled , with a ...
... centuries have lingered solely as local species , increased more swiftly than at any time since the early seventeenth century . In that space , the numbers of Benedictine and Cistercian monks and of their houses doubled , with a ...
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