{"id":637,"date":"2023-01-18T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medievalchurch.org.uk\/blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T10:11:34","slug":"evolution-of-the-monastic-ideal-by-h-b-workman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medievalchurch.org.uk\/blog\/evolution-of-the-monastic-ideal-by-h-b-workman\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of the Monastic Ideal by H.B. Workman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today’s free book is Herbert B. Workman’s survey of the development of Christian Monasticism. This public domain title was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College<\/a> library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbert Brook Workman [1862\u20131951], The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal. From the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars. A Second Chapter in the History of Christian Renunciation<\/em>. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1913. Hbk. pp.368. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Preface<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Abbreviations and Editions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Historic Survey of the Ideas of Monasticism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The History of Monasticism as an Institution to the Coming of Benedict<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. St.Benedict and his order<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The Ideals of Monasticism in the Celtic Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. The Development of Monasticism from St. Benedict to St. Francis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Coming of the Friars<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. The Message of Monasticism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      • Appendix A. The Sources of Our Knowledge of Early Monasticism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Appendix B. Additional Bibliography<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n