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This collection transports us into the monastic age - the thousand years between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, when the monasteries were the treasure-houses of Europe's social, cultural and religious heritage. The men we encounter are each representative, in differing ways, of their own historical setting and of the strengths and weaknesses of mankind.Knowles, David is the author of 'Saints and Scholars' with ISBN 9780521091725 and ISBN 0521091721.
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