Benedict of Nursia (480-543) was the founder of numerous monastic communities in Italy and is remembered primarily for the monastic code by which the monks lived: “The Rule of St Benedict”. Those interested in church and monastic life in the sixth century and beyond will find John Chapman’s detailed study of Saint Benedict helpful. My…
That the so-called “Dark Ages” contained a surprising amount of light soon becomes clear from the pages of this second volume in the Paternoster Church History. Even the Medieval Papacy, whose rise and fall is, broadley speaking, covered by the period of this book, and which became a laughing-stock and was treated as a scandal,…
This book on monastic finances won the Prince Consort Prize in 1912 and was published in the hope that it would inspire other students to research in this field. However, the content is such that it would prove of interest to anyone wanting to know more about medieval monasticism. This title entered the public domain…
