A Short History of Monks and Monasteries

by Alfred Wesley Wishart

Austin Canons, [118].

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Bacon, Roger, a Franciscan, [228]; imprisonment of, [407].

Bagot, Richard, on the English reformation, [345].

Bale, John, on the fall of the monasteries, [333].

Baluzii, on the prosperity of the Franciscans, [255].

Bangor, Monastery of, founded, [123]; slaughter of its monks, [165].

Barbarians, the struggle of the monks with, [148], [149], [170]; conversion of, [398].

Basil the Great, [63]; revolts against excessive austerities, [64]; founder of Greek monasticism, [64], [65]; his rules, [65]; adopts irrevocable vows, [65]; on marriage, [66]; enforces strict obedience, [66].

Bede, The Venerable, on the British Church, [123]; on monks and animals, [156].