A Brief History of Western
Monasticism
Written by Robert Jones
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Anglican Church Service begins in the ruins of the Abbey Church at Byland Abbey,
a former Cistercian monastery in North Yorkshire, England (founded 1134;
dissolved Nov. 1538)
Photo by Robert Jones
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Copyright 2000, 2009 by Robert C. Jones
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Comparing Essenes and Christian Monks (04/26/2009; Length: 7:13)
Saint Antony and the Desert Monks (02/12/2009; Length 7:35)
Benedict Founds Western Monasticism (04/219/2009; Length 7:21)
The Rule of Benedict (April 26, 2009; Length 6:00)
Introduction to the Knights Templar: Part One (May 17, 2009; Length 8:42)
Introduction to the Knights Templar: Part Two (May 17, 2009; Length 7:45)
Top 25 Most Influential People: Francis of Assisi (#22) February 20, 2011; Length 9:54)*
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Abbess
Abbey
Abbot
Benedictines
Bernard of Clairvaux
Canons
Carthusians
Celtic Monasticism
Cenobites
Cistercian
Cistercians
Cluniac
Crypt
Desert monks
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dominicans
Dorter
Ephrata Cloister
Essenes
Flying buttress
Franciscans
Frater
Galilee
Gatehouse
Hermits (or anchorites)
Hilda of Whitby
Joseph of Arimathea
King Henry VIII
Knights Hospitalers
Knights Templar
Lay brother
Monastery
Monk
Nazirites
Prior
Priory
Refectory
Rere-dorter
Rood screen
Rule of Benedict
St. Antony
St. Augustine
St. Benedict
St. Columba
St. Dominic
St. Francis of Assisi
Transepts
Trappist
Warming house
Zadok
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