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A SHORT HISTORY OF MONKS

AND MONASTERIES

Sometime Fellow in Church History in The University of Chicago

1900

PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF PORTRAITS BIBLIOGRAPHY MONKS AND MONASTERIES I MONASTICISM IN THE EAST The Hermits of Egypt The Pillar Saint The Cenobites of the East II

MONASTICISM IN THE WEST: ANTE-BENEDICTINE MONKS 340-480 A.D.

Monasticism and Women The Spread of Monasticism in Europe Disorders and Oppositions III THE BENEDICTINES The Rules of Benedict The Struggle against Barbarism The Spread of the Benedictine Rule IV REFORMED AND MILITARY ORDERS The Military Religious Orders V THE MENDICANT FRIARS Francis Bernardone, 1182-1226 A.D.. The Franciscan Orders Dominic de Guzman, 1170-1221 A.D. The Dominican Orders The Success of the Mendicant Orders The Decline of the Mendicants VI THE SOCIETY OF JESUS Ignatius de Loyola, 1491-1556 A.D. Constitution and Polity of the Order The Vow of Obedience The Casuistry of the Jesuits The Mission of the Jesuits Retrospect VII THE FALL OF THE MONASTERIES The Character of Henry VIII Events Preceding the Suppression The Monks and the Oath of Supremacy The Royal Commissioners and Their Methods of Investigation The Report of the Commissioners The Action of Parliament The Effect of the Suppression Upon the People Henry's Disposal of Monastic Revenues Was the Suppression Justifiable? Results of the Dissolution VIII CAUSES AND IDEALS OF MONASTICISM Causative Motives of Monasticism Beliefs Affecting the Causative Motives Causes of Variations in Monasticism The Fundamental Monastic Vows IX THE EFFECTS OF MONASTICISM The Effects of Self-Sacrifice Upon the Individual The Effects of Solitude Upon the Individual. The Monks as Missionaries Monasticism and Civic Duties The Agricultural Services of the Monks The Monks and Secular Learning The Charity of the Monks Monasticism and Religion APPENDIX

NOTE A NOTE B NOTE C NOTE D NOTE E NOTE F NOTE G NOTE H NOTE I NOTE J NOTE K

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