TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. MONASTICISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 1 II. The Benedictines 15 III. Monasticism and Agriculture 27 IV. Character of Monastic Lands 41 V. Other Monastic Industries 57 VI. Influence of Monastic Labor on the People 64 VII. Monasteries the Germ of Municipal Life 75 VIII. Monasticism and Education 80 IX. Monastic Chroniclers 108 X. Monastic Copyists 113 XI. Monastic Libraries 138 XII. Monastic Charity 146 XIII. The Monks and the Evangelization of Europe 178 1. In General 2. Conversions of England 3. Ireland and the Monks 4. Scotland 5. The Evangelization of Germany 6. The Monks in France 7. Monastic Missionaries in Other Countries Digitized by Google.

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