The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard
THE MONKS OF THE WEST L NEWYORKCITY THE MONKSOFTHEWEST FROMSTBENEDICTTOSTBERNARD BY THECOUNTDEMONTALEMBERT MEMBEROFTHEFRENCHACADEMY FIDEETVEEITATE AUTHORISEDTRANSLATION VOL.V. WILLIAMBLACKWOODANDSONS EDINBURGHANDLONDON MDOCCLXVII publicLibrary AETCT^,LHNOXAITO TIl-DENFOUNDATIONS R 1020 L THISENGLISHVERSIONOFHERHUSBAND'SWORK ONTHECONVERSIONOFENGLAND |sJltWattijfrjj%Cranslafor TO MADAMEDEMONTALEMBERT. THÉOPHILEFOISSET ANCIENCONSEILLER A LACOURD'APPELDEDUO SOUVENIRRECONNAISSANT DE TRENTEANS D'UNEAMITIÉ VRAIE,FIDÈLE,ENTIERE, SANSLACUNEETSAN8RIDE. AMICUSFIDELIS MEDICAMENTUMVIT>EET I MMORTALITATI8. ECCLI,VI.16. CONTENTS. CONCLUSIONOFBOOKXIII. CONTEMPORAEIESANDSUCCESSORSOPSTWILFRID,650-735. Chap. Paok III.EndoftheCelticHebesy.—Adamnan,Egbert,St Aldhelm,......8 IV.TheVenerableBede,.....57 V.TheEoyalMonks, . .101 BOOKXIV. SocialandPoliticalInfluenceoftheMonksamong theAnglo-Saxons,. .137 BOOKXV. TheAnglo-SaxonNuns, .....213 B.GenealogicalTableofNunsDescendedfromtheEaceof HengistandDynastyofthejEscings,KingsofKent. C.GenealogicalTable'ofNunsDescendedfromtheDynasty oftheKingsofMercia. D.GenealogicalTableofPrincessesoftheEaceofthe Uffings,KingsofEastAnglia,whotooktheVeil. E.GenealogicalTableoftheKingsofWessex. CONCLUSIONOFBOOKXIII. CONTEMPORARIESANDSUCCESSORSOFSTWILFRID, 650-735. CHAPTERIII. ENDOFTHECELTICHERESY.—ADAMNAN, EGBERT,STALDHELM. TheKingofthePictsrequestsCeolfridtosendhimarchitects,andargu mentsinfavourofRomanunity.—AnswerofCeolfrid,inwhichhe quotesfromPlato.—ThePictsabandontheCelticpeculiarities.—The monksofIonaleavetheirmonasteriesratherthanadopttheRoman
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