A Short History of Monks and Monasteries

by Alfred Wesley Wishart

Mathews, Shailer, on Christ and riches, [379].

Matthew of Paris, on prosperity of friars, [246].

Maur, St., walks on water, [137].

Maximilian, of Bavaria, educated by Jesuits, [277].

Melrose Abbey, [289].

Mendicant Friars, The, [205]; success of, [242], [255]; their value to Rome, [243]; confined to four societies, [246]; quarrels among, [246]; their educational work, [248]; in England, [251]; decline of, [253]; as preachers, [244]; [254]; effects of prosperity on, [256].

Mendicity of monks, [245].

Milan, church of, Emperor refused entrance to the, [115].

Military-religious orders, their origin, labors and decline, [197].

Militia of Jesus Christ, [242].