The Monks of the West


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The Monks of the West


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The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard: book IV. St. Benedict. book V. St. Gregory the Great. Monastic Italy and Spain in the sixth and seventh centuries. book VI. The monks under the first Merovingians. book VII. St. Columbanus. The Irish in Gaul and the colonies of Luxeuil.










The Monks of the West from St Benedict to St Bernard


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THE MONKS OF THE WEST FROM ST. BENEDICT TO ST. BERNARDPART TWOTHE WAR OF THE INVESTITURES BY THE COUNT DE MONTALEMBERTCONTENTSBOOKSXVI.-THE CHURCH AND THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. THE MONASTIC ORDERS AND SOCIETYXVI.-THE CHURCH AND THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.-THE MONASTIC ORDERS AND SOCIETYXVII.-ST. GREGORY, MONK AND POPEXVIII.-THE PREDECESSORS OF CALIXTUS IIEPILOGUE







The Monks of the West


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