Mill, John Stuart, on preaching friars, [244].
Milman, on the early church leaders, [129]; on dream of Dominic's mother, [231]; on bigotry of monks, [395]; on monks and natural affections, [398].
Milton, contrasted to monks, [394].
Miracles, [224]. See [Anthony], Stylites, [St. Martin], etc.
Missionary labors, of monks, [148], [171], [398]; of the Jesuits, [280], [281].
Modern life and thought, monasticism rejected by, [421].
Mohammedans, mission of Francis to, [217].
Monastery, of Pachomius, [58]; Monte Cassino, [134]; St. Gregory's, rules of, [141]; Kennaquhair, [145]; Vivaria, [152]; Bangor, [165]; Iona, [168]; Cluny, [177]; Grand Chartreuse, [189]; Charterhouse, [191], [301], [334], [343]; Citeaux, [192]; Clairvaux, [193]; St. Nicholas, [240]; Melrose, [289]; Glastonbury, [314].
Monasteries, in Egypt, [44]; of Jerome, [88]; of Paula, [100]; in early Britain, [123]; as literary centers, [151]; decline of, in Middle Ages, [173]; destruction of, by Danes, [180]; corruptions of, in Dunstan's time, [185]; abandonment of endowments, [244]; fall of, in England, [286]; fall of, in various countries, [288], [430]; obstacles to progress, [343]; new uses of, [350]; life in, [392]; charity of, [410].
Monasteries, The Fall of, in England, [286]; various views of, [288]; necessity for dispassionate judgment, [289]; events preceding, [293]; progress and, [300]; the Charterhouse, [302]; the Royal Commissioners and their methods, [308], [313]; Glastonbury, [314]; report of commissioners, [313], [314]; action of Parliament, [319]; the lesser houses, [319]; the larger houses, [320]; total number and the revenues of, [321]; effect of, upon the people, [322]; Green on same, [323]; uprisings and rebellions, [325]; use of funds, [328]; justification for, [331]; Bale, Blunt and Hume on justification for, [333]; Hallam on, [334]; charges against monks true, [336]; Bonaventura and Wyclif on vices of monks, [337]; confiscation of alien priories, [338]; compared with suppression in other countries, [339], [430]; alienation of England from Rome, [342]; superficial explanation of, [343]; true view of, [344]; monks and reform, [344]; causes of, enumerated, [345]; results of, [345], [347]; general review of, [352]; Bryant on, [353].