CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Preface | [xi] |
| List of Manuscripts and Printed Books | [xv] |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| The Monastic Life | [1] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| The Material Parts of a Monastery | [13] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| The Monastery and its Rulers | [37] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| The Obedientiaries | [58] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| The Obedientiaries (continued) | [85] |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| The Daily Life in a Monastery | [111] |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| The Daily Life in a Monastery (continued) | [131] |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| The Nuns of Mediæval England | [154] |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| External Relations of the Monastic Orders | [180] |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| The Paid Servants of the Monastery | [201] |
| [CHAPTER XI] | |
| The Various Religious Orders | [213] |
| List of English Religious Houses | [251] |
| Index | [319] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
| PAGE | |
| The Cloisters, Worcester J. Charles Wall. | [18] |
| The Refectory, Cleve Abbey J. Charles Wall. | [23] |
| Thomas Ramryge, Abbot of St. Alban’s (from brass) J. Charles Wall. | [43] |
| Brother John of Walingford, Infirmarian of St. Alban’s (Cott. MSS., Jul. D. vii.) | [87] |
| Gloucester Cloisters, The Lavatory J. Charles Wall. | [102] |
| Nun asking Pardon of an Abbess (Roy. MSS., 2 B. vii., f. 219.) | [179] |
| Benedictine Monk | [215] |
| [The figures representative of the various Religious Orders are reduced from Dugdale’s Monasticon (1655) and Stevens’ Continuation (1723).] | |
| Benedictine Nun | [216] |
| Benedictine Monk of the Cluniac Congregation | [219] |
| Cistercian Monk | [220] |
| Carthusian Monk | [223] |
| Canon Regular of St. Augustine | [224] |
| Premonstratensian Canon | [227] |
| Gilbertine Canon | [228] |
| Gilbertine Nun | [231] |
| Knight Hospitaller | [232] |
| Knight Templar | [235] |
| Dominican Friar | [236] |
| Franciscan Friar | [239] |
| Franciscan Nun, or Minoress | [240] |
| Carmelite Friar | [243] |
| Austin Friar | [244] |
| Friar of the Sack | [247] |
| Trinitarian | [248] |