A Short History of Monks and Monasteries

by Alfred Wesley Wishart

[BIBLIOGRAPHY.]

[I]

[MONASTICISM IN THE EAST.]

[The Hermits of Egypt.]

[The Pillar Saint.]

[The Cenobites of the East.]

[II]

[MONASTICISM IN THE WEST: ANTE-BENEDICTINE MONKS] 340-480 A.D.

[Monasticism and Women.]

[The Spread of Monasticism in Europe.]