The monks of the west
Subtitle: from St. Benedict to St. Bernard
Publisher: W. Blackwood
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders; Monks
Other titles: Saint Benedict.; Saint Gregory the Great.; Saint Columbanus.; Saint Columba, the apostle of Caledonia, 521-597.; Saint Augustin of Canterbury and the Roman missionaries in England, 597-633.; Saint Wilfrid establishes Roman unity and the Benedictine order, 634-709.; Contemporaries and successors of Saint Wilfrid, 650-735.; Saint Gregory, monk and pope.
Work titles: Moines d'Occident depuis Saint Benoît jusqu' à Saint Bernard.
Table of contents: title: v.1. Book I.; title: The Roman empire after the peace of the church -- -- Book II.; title: Monastic precursors in the east -- -- Book III.; title: Monastic precursors in the west -- -- v. 2. Book IV.; title: St. Benedict -- -- Book V.; title: St. Gregory the Great --; title: Monastic Italy and Spain in the sixth and seventh centuries -- -- Book VI.; title: The monks under the first Merovingians -- -- Book VII.; title: St. Columbanus --; title: The Irish in Gaul and the colonies of Luxeuil -- -- v. 3. Book VIII.; title: Christian origin of the British Isles -- -- Book IX.; title: St. Columba, the apostle of Caledonia, 521-597 -- -- Book X.; title: St. Augustin of Canterbury and the Roman missionaries in England, 597-633 -- -- Appendix: Iona; title: Conclusions of the two papers of M. Varin -- -- v. 4. Book XI.; title: The Celtic monks and the Anglo-Saxons -- -- Book XII.; title: St. Wilfrid establishes Roman unity and the Benedictine order, 634-709 -- -- Book XIII.; title: Contemporaries and successors of St. Wilfrid, 650-735 -- -- Appendix: Lindisfarne. Peterborough. Hexham -- v. 5. Conclusion of book XIII -- Book XIV.; title: Social and political influence of the monks among the Anglo-Saxons -- -- Book XV.; title: The Anglo-Saxon nuns -- -- v. 6. Book XVIII.; title: The church and the feudal system --; title: The monastic orders and society -- -- Book XIX.; title: St. Gregory, monk and pope -- -- Appendix -- v. 7. Book XIX continued -- Book XX.; title: The predecessors of Calixtus II.