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Book Description
- Title:
- The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal. From the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars. A Second Chapter in the History of Christian Renunciation
- Author:
- Herbert Brook Workman [1862–1951]
- Publication Year:
- 1913
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- Charles H. Kelly
- Pages:
- 368
- Subjects:
- Medieval Church History, Monasticism
- Copyright Holder:
- Public Domain
![Herbert Brook Workman [1862–1951], The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal. From the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars. A Second Chapter in the History of Christian Renunciation](images/books3/monastic-ideal_workman.jpg)
Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Editions
- Historic Survey of the Ideas of Monasticism
- The History of Monasticism as an Institution to the Coming of Benedict
- St.Benedict and his order
- The Ideals of Monasticism in the Celtic Church
- The Development of Monasticism from St. Benedict to St. Francis
- The Coming of the Friars
- The Message of Monasticism
- Appendix A. The Sources of Our Knowledge of Early Monasticism
- Appendix B. Additional Bibliography
- Index
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