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... reform in western Europe . They were followed almost immediately by a second , less conservative movement , that of the hermits and ascetics . The eremitical life in both its extreme and its modified form had been the ideal of early ...
... reform in western Europe . They were followed almost immediately by a second , less conservative movement , that of the hermits and ascetics . The eremitical life in both its extreme and its modified form had been the ideal of early ...
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... reform which it failed to bring about , was not wholly without fruit in the realm of monastic history . The Council ... reforms 135 Late medieval reforms.
... reform which it failed to bring about , was not wholly without fruit in the realm of monastic history . The Council ... reforms 135 Late medieval reforms.
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... reform of Cluny were thwarted first by the encroachments of royal power and later by the wars of religion . A century later than the reform of Sta Giustina and the union of Bursfeld , but before the reforming decrees of the Council of ...
... reform of Cluny were thwarted first by the encroachments of royal power and later by the wars of religion . A century later than the reform of Sta Giustina and the union of Bursfeld , but before the reforming decrees of the Council of ...
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