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Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Release : 1900
Genre : Monasteries
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Download or read book A Short History of Monks and Monasteries written by Alfred Wesley Wishart. This book was released on 1900. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Release : 2018-03-22
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis A Short History of Monks and Monasteries (Classic Reprint) by : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Download or read book A Short History of Monks and Monasteries (Classic Reprint) written by Alfred Wesley Wishart. This book was released on 2018-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Tory of the monastic institution from its origin to its overthrow in the Reformation period, for although the institution is by no means now extinct, its power was practically broken in the sixteenth century, and no new orders of importance or new types have arisen since that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Release : 2004
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Author : Wishart Alfred Wesley
Release : 2016-06-21
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Book Synopsis A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by : Wishart Alfred Wesley
Download or read book A Short History of Monks and Monasteries written by Wishart Alfred Wesley. This book was released on 2016-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Release : 2013-06-19
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by : Alfred Wesley Wishart
Download or read book A Short History of Monks and Monasteries written by Alfred Wesley Wishart. This book was released on 2013-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart The aim of this volume is to sketch the history of the monastic institution from its origin to its overthrow in the Reformation period, for although the institution is by no means now extinct, its power was practically broken in the sixteenth century, and no new orders of importance or new types have arisen since that time. A little reflection will enable one to understand the great difficulties in the execution of so broad a purpose. It was impracticable in the majority of instances to consult original sources, although intermediate authorities have been studied as widely as possible and the greatest caution has been exercised to avoid those errors which naturally arise from the use of such avenues of information. It was also deemed unadvisable to burden the work with numerous notes and citations. Such notes as were necessary to a true unfolding of the subject will be found in the appendix. A presentation of the salient features of the whole history was essential to a proper conception of the orderly development of the ascetic ideal. To understand the monastic institution one must not only study the isolated anchorite seeking a victory over a sinful self in the Egyptian desert or the monk in the secluded cloister, but he must also trace the fortunes of ascetic organizations, involving multitudes of men, vast aggregations of wealth, and surviving the rise and fall of empires. Almost every phase of human life is encountered in such an undertaking. Attention is divided between hermits, beggars, diplomatists, statesmen, professors, missionaries and pontiffs. It is hoped the critical or literary student will appreciate the immense difficulties of an attempt to paint so vast a scene on so small a canvas. No other claim is made upon his benevolence.
