A Short History of Monks and Monasteries

by Alfred Wesley Wishart

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Abbey, see [Monastery.]

Abbot, meaning of word, [425]; as father of family of monks, [143]; election of, [144]; description of installation of, [145]; wealth and political influence of, [147]; disorders among lay, [179]; as a feudal lord, [373]; in legislative assemblies, [400].

Abelard opposed by Bernard, [196].

Abraham, St., the hermit, [50]; quoted, [60].

Abstinence, no virtue in false, [419].

Accountability, personal, sense of maintained by monks, [414].

Act of Succession, [298].

Agriculture, monasteries centers of, [155]; and the Cistercian monks, [192]; fostered by monks, [403]. See [Benedict], Order of St.

Alaric the Goth sacks Rome, [103].