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The birth and flowering of monastic life and its impact on seekers today This comprehensive study of medieval monasteries offers a fascinating history of everyday monastic life and the literature, society, economy and culture of the Middle Ages. Brooke's sweeping narrative offers a... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Cluny
- Germany
- England
- France
- Europe
- Italy
- Clairvaux
- Spain
- Middle Ages
- Rome
- Provence
- Ireland
- Assisi
- Poland
- Mount
- Egypt
- Reichenau
- London
- Glastonbury
- Scotland
- Rievaubc
- Ambrogio
- Switzerland
- Bohemia
- Senanque
- Fontevrault
- Vallombrosa
- Winchester
- Islam
- Lombardy
- Gaul
- Jerusalem
- Maulbronn
- St. Gall
- Austria
- Sicily
- Low Countries
- St. Antony
- Lacock
- San Zeno
- Portugal
- Blessed Virgin
- Camaldoli
- Fruttuaria
First Sentence edit
From the very beginnings of Christianity the question has been asked: Can the good life, the Christian life, be led in the world; is it compatible with earthly joys and pleasures?-or must it, in its highest and truest forms, involve renunciation, stern discipline, an ascetic life, and celibacy?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 271.00902
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