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Saints and scholars;, twenty-five medieval portraits

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Saints and scholars;

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twenty-five medieval portraits

This collection transports us into the monastic age--the thousand years between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, when the monasteries were the treasure-houses of Europe's social, cultural and religious heritage. The men we encounter are each representative, in differing ways, of their own historical setting and of the strengths and weaknesses of mankind. The author portrays outstanding spiritual leaders, such as St Bernard and St Francis; the powerful intellects, the writers and artists, such as St Anselm, Bede and Matthew Paris; some of the noblemen, politicians and magnates; and those, like Gerald of Wales or John Wyclif, who were fierce and not always just critics of the monastic way of life; some lesser figures whose interests were limited to farm administration or country pursuits; and those almost forgotten men who died for their faith under the shadow of the Reformation

Rule of St Benedict -- Bede the Venerable -- Three Monastic Founders: Dunstan, Ethelwold and Oswald -- Lanfranc -- Anselm of Canterbury -- Ailred of Rievaulx -- Henry of Winchester -- Gilbert Foliot -- Two Great Abbots: Odo of Battle and Samson of Bury -- Hugh of Lincoln -- Gerald of Wales -- Francis of Assisi -- Thomas of Eccleston -- Roger Bacon -- Matthew Paris -- Henry of Eastry -- Thomas De La Mare -- Uthred of Boldon -- John Wyclif -- William More, Prior of Worcester -- John Houghton and the London Carthusians -- Robert Hobbes, Abbot of Woburn -- John Feckenham, Last Abbot of Westminster