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Bibliographies

Book or monograph Giles Constable, Medieval Monasticism: A Select Bibliography. Toronto Medieval Bibliographies, 6. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Pbk. ISBN: 0802062806. pp.171.

Primary Sources

Book or monograph C.H. Talbot, ed. Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in Germany: Being the Lives of Saints Willibrod, Boniface, Sturm, Leoba and Lebuin, Together with the "Hodoeporicon" of Saint Willibald and a Selection from the Correspondence of Saint Boniface. London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0722010125. pp.254.

Secondary Sources

Book or monograph Peter Frederick Anson, The Quest of Solitude. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1932. pp. xviii + 277.
On-line Resource Geoffrey Baskerville [1870-1944], English Monks and the Suppression of the MonasteriesGeoffrey Baskerville [1870-1944], English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries. London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Hbk. pp.312. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book D. Jeffrey Bingham, "The Practice of Prayer in Early and Medieval Monasticism," Bibliotheca Sacra 158 #629 (2001): 104-115.
Book or monograph Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and RealitiesDavid Blanks, Michael Frassetto & Amy Livingstone, eds., Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities - Studies in Honor of Richard Sullivan. Brill's Series in Church History. Leiden: Brill, 2006. Hbk. ISBN-10: 9004154639. pp.224.
Book or monograph Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300Janet Burton, ed., Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000-1300. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 0521377978. pp.367.
Book or monograph Butler: Western MysticismCuthbert Butler, Western Mysticism: The Teaching of Augustine, Gregory and Bernard on Contempation and the Contemplative Life. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1579107567. pp.302.
Book or monograph H.B. Clark & Mary Brennan, eds., Columbanus and Merovingian Monasticism. BAR international Series, 113 Oxford: B.A.R., 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0860541355. pp.221.
Book or monograph Giles Constable, Monastic Tithes from their Origins to the Twelfth Century. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, n.s. 10. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. ISBN: 0521638712. pp.xxi + 346.
Book or monograph Constable: The Reformation of the Twelfth CenturyGiles Constable, The Reformation of the Twelfth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0521638712. pp.431.
Book or monograph Frederick Cowley, The Monastic Order in South Wales: 1066-1349. Studies in Welsh History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0708309429. pp.317.
Book or monograph John C. Dickenson, Monastic Life in Medieval England. London: Greenwood Press, 1979. Hbk. ISBN: 0313207747. pp.160.
Book or monograph Lina Eckenstein, Women Under Monasticism. Chapters on Saint Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896. pp. xv + 496.
Book or monograph Guy Ferrari, Early Roman Monasteries: Notes for the History of the Monasteries and Convents at Rome from V through the X Century. Studi di antichità cristiana, 23. Vatican City: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 1957. pp. xxxvii + 455.
Book or monograph France: Hermits - The Insights of SolitudePeter France, Hermits - The Insights of Solitude, London: Pimlico, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0712673636 . pp.251.
Book or monograph Joseph P. Fuhrmann, Irish Medieval Monastries on the Continent. A Dissertation. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1927. pp.xiii + 121.
Book or monograph Roberta Gilchrist, Contemplation and Action - The Other Monasticism. London: Leicester University Press, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 071851730X. pp.256.
Article in Journal or Book Jean Gribomont, "Prayer in Eastern Monasticism and in Saint Benedict," Word and Spirit 2 (1981): 3-22.
Article in Journal or Book J.M. Hussey, "Byzantine Monasticism," J.M. Hussey, ed. Cambridge Medieval History, 2nd edn., Vol. 4. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
Book or monograph Johnson: Equal in Monastic ProfessionPenelope D. Johnson, Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious Women in Medieval France. Women in Culture and Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0226401863. pp.310.
Book or monograph Pamela M. Jones, Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities - Studies in Honor of Richard Sullivan. Brill's Series in Church History. Leiden: Brill, 2006. Hbk. ISBN: 9004154639 . pp.288.
Book or monograph Andrew Jotischky, The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 027101346X. pp.200.
Book or monograph Lutz Kaelber, Schools of Asceticism. Ideology and Organisation in Medieval Religious Communities. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0271017546. pp.256.
Book or monograph Knowles: Christian MonasticismDavid Knowles, Christian Monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0199247986. pp.318.
Book or monograph David Knowles, The Monastic Order in England: 943-1216, 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.
Book or monograph David Knowles, The Religious Orders of England, 3 Vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948-1961.
Book or monograph David Knowles & R.N. Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales, rev. Longman, 1971. Hbk. ISBN: 0582112303. pp.584.
Book or monograph David Knowles & J.K.S. St. Joseph, Monastic Sites from the Air. Cambridge Air Surveys No. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. pp.xxvii + 282.
Book or monograph Lawrence: Medieval MonasticismC.H. Lawrence, Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. The Medieval World, 3rd edn. London: Longman, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0582404274. pp.336.
Book or monograph Lecleroq: The Love of Learning and the Desire for GodJ. Lecleroq, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God. New York: Fordham University Press, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 0823204073. pp.282.
Book or monograph P. Levi, The Frontiers of Paradise: A Study in Monks and Monasticism. Paragon House, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 1557782881.
Book or monograph Henrietta Leyser, Hermits and the New Monasticism: A Study of Religious Communities in Western Europe 1000-1150./ New Studies in Medieval History. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0333325834. pp.160.
Book or monograph Stanley George Anthony Luff, The First Monks and Hermits. Aylesford, Kent: Saint Albert’s Press, 1958. pp.31.
Book or monograph Charles Montalembert, The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard. Edinburgh & London: John C. Nimmo, 1861-1879.
On-line Resource [Thomas Stanley] R[oger Benn] Littledale Palmer [1889-1948], English Monasteries in the Middle Ages. An Outline of Monastic Architecture and Custom from the Conquest to the Suppression[Thomas Stanley] R[oger Benn] Littledale Palmer [1889-1948], English Monasteries in the Middle Ages. An Outline of Monastic Architecture and Custom from the Conquest to the Suppression. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1930. Hbk. pp.233. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Claude J. Peifer, OSB. Monastic Spirituality. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1966. pp. xvii + 555.
Book or monograph Colin Platt, The Monastic Grange in Medieval England. A Reassessment. London, 1969. / Ann Arbor : U.M.I. Dissertation Services, 1994. ISBN: 0783704631.
Book or monograph Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275- to 1535. Cambrdige Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Cambrdige, 1922. Reprinted: Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers Incorporated., 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0819601403.
Book or monograph John Ryan, Irish Monasticism: Origins and Early Development. Four Courts Press, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 1851821120. pp.492.
On-line Resource Robert Hugh Snape [1886-1947], English Monastic Finances in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1926. Hbk. pp.190. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Sally Thompson, Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest. Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints. Oxford: Oxford University Press Reprints distributed by Sandpiper Books, 1991. Hbk. ISBN: 0198200951. pp.324.
Book or monograph Venarde: Women's Monasticism and Medieval SocietyBruce L. Venarde, Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society: Nunneries in France and England, 890-1215. Cornell University Press, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0801486157. pp.264.
Book or monograph Watkin W. Williams, Monastic Studies. University of Manchester, Historical Series, 262. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1938.
Book or monograph Lynn T. White, Latin Monasticism in Norman Sicily. Medieval Academy of America, Monographs 31. Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1938.
On-line Resource Herbert Brook Workman [1862–1951], The Evolution of the Monastic IdealHerbert Brook Workman [1862–1951], 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. London: Charles H.Kelly, 1913. Hbk. pp.368. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]

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