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This work was originally published in German as Die Welt der Mittelalterlichen Klöster. Geschichte und Lebensformen © Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München 2012.
Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise indicated, quotations from the Rule of St. Benedict are taken from RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict in English, copyright © 1981 by Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota.
© 2016 by Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, microfilm, microfiche, mechanical recording, photocopying, translation, or any other means, known or yet unknown, for any purpose except brief quotations in reviews, without the previous written permission of Liturgical Press, Saint John’s Abbey, PO Box 7500, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7500. Printed in the United States of America.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Melville, Gert.
Title: The world of medieval monasticism : its history and forms of life / Gert Melville ; translated by James Mixson.
Other titles: Welt der mittelalterlichen Kloster. English
Description: Collegeville, Minnesota : Cistercian Publications, 2016. | Series: Cisterican studies series ; no. 263 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015034630 | ISBN 9780879072636 | ISBN 9780879074999 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Monasticism and religious orders—Europe—History—Middle Ages, 600–1500. | Monastic and religious life—Europe—History—Middle Ages, 600–1500. | Monks—Europe—Social conditions. | Europe—Church history—600–1500.
Classification: LCC BX2590 .M45813 2016 | DDC 271.009/02—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015034630