Charles de Montalembert
Published: 2017-05-26
Total Pages: 484
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THE MONKS OF THE WEST FROM ST. BENEDICT TO ST. BERNARD PART ONE THE CONVERSION OF IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND BY THE COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT BOOKS I.-THE ROMAN EMPIRE AFTER THE PEACE OF THE CHURCH II.-MONASTIC PRECURSORS IN THE EAST III.-MONASTIC PRECURSORS IN THE WEST IV.-ST. BENEDICT. V.-ST. GREGORY THE GREAT VI.-THE MONKS UNDER THE FIRST MEROVINGIANS. VII.-ST. COLUMBANUS. THE IRISH IN GAUL AND THE COLONIES OF LUXEUIL VIII.-CHRISTIAN ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH ISLES IX.-ST. COLUMBA, THE APOSTLE OF CALEDONIA, 521-597 X.-ST. AUGUSTIN OF CANTERBURY AND THE ROMAN MISSIONARIES IN ENGLAND, 597-633 XI.-THE CELTIC MONKS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS XII.-ST. WILFRID ESTABLISHES ROMAN UNITY AND THE BENEDICTINE ORDER, 634-709 XIII.-CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS OF ST. WILFRID, 650-735 XIV.-SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE MONKS AMONG THE ANGLO-SAXONS XV.-THE ANGLO-SAXON NUN