Title: Hermits and the New Monasticism
First published: 1984
Description: A serious academic study of the shaping of the eremitical tradition in the Dark Ages, and the changes that came to it in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with the growth of monastic communities.  This book was originally written as an academic B. Litt. thesis the author completed in the early 1960’s.
Subjects: History, Monasticism and religious orders, Hermits, Eremitic life, Monachisme et ordres religieux chrétiens, Einsiedler, Mönchtum, Middle Ages, Kloosterwezen, Kluizenaars, Monasticism and religious orders, europe, Monasticism and religious orders, middle ages, 600-1500
Places: Europe
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500