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Page 67
... recruits brought relaxation and feudal ties , and a group of twenty , which included many of the hermits of Colan , resolved to make yet another fresh start . This time their aim was to combine solitude and poverty with the severity of ...
... recruits brought relaxation and feudal ties , and a group of twenty , which included many of the hermits of Colan , resolved to make yet another fresh start . This time their aim was to combine solitude and poverty with the severity of ...
Page 112
... had the effect of diverting both spiritually and mentally gifted recruits from all the older orders . For this and other reasons the intake of the monks , which in the early twelfth century had come from all ranks 112.
... had the effect of diverting both spiritually and mentally gifted recruits from all the older orders . For this and other reasons the intake of the monks , which in the early twelfth century had come from all ranks 112.
Page 191
... recruits either from Europe , or from the German immigrants in the USA , or from children of their own parishes . Engaged as they were in active works they remained until the First World War largely unaffected by contemporary ...
... recruits either from Europe , or from the German immigrants in the USA , or from children of their own parishes . Engaged as they were in active works they remained until the First World War largely unaffected by contemporary ...
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