The Monks of the West: From St. Benedict to St. Bernard

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An indispensable reference for the history of monasticism in the western work, Montalembert’s seven-volume masterpiece on the subject still reads with depth and conviction. Covering the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede, this set contains substantial information on a number of western saints. CONTENTS BOOK XIX—continued CHAP. VI . ST GREGORY VII. IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE, HIS HOLINESS, AND HIS VICTORY, BOOK XX. THE PREDECESSORS OF CALIXTUS II I. VICTOR III. , URBAN II., PASCAL II., AND GELASITS III II. YVES DE CHAETRES AND THE PURITY OF MARRIAGE III. URBAN II., PETER THE HERMIT, AND THE PREPARATIONS FOE THE CRUSADE IV. THE PAPACY AND THE FIRST CRUSADE V. ROYALTY AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE CHURCH, VI. DISTINCTION OF THE TWO POWERS VII. THE CHURCH IN CONFLICT WITH THE EVIL PASSIONS OF KINGS VIII. IX. FRANCE ALWAYS ORTHODOX, AND CLUNY ALWAYS UNRIVALLED X. THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR AT ROME XI. VICTORY OF THE TEMPORAL POWER, XII.TRIALS OF THE PAPACY XIII. TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRITUAL POWER XIV. THE PAPACY RECONCILED TO THE EMPIRE,