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The monastic order in England

The monastic order in England

Knowles, David · 1940 · 764 pages

Monasticism and religious ordersEnglandConcile du Latran, 4.Concile du Latran,BénédictinsRègles

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This book was originally published in 1940 and was quickly recognised as a scholarly classic and masterpiece of historical literature. It covers the period from about 940, when St Dunstan inaugurated the monastic reform by becoming abbot of Glastonbury, to the early thirteenth century.

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