Christian Monasticism

This was very interesting in showing how severely monastcism had declined in the
18th-19th centuries in Europe and how strikingly it had recovered in the 20th century
until the new decline following the 1960s.

Described by Norman Cantor as "the outstanding accomplishment in medieval studies by a Catholic in this century. It is also one of the enduring works of historical literature in the English language, placing Knowles in the pantheon with Gibbon, Macaulay, and Maitland."

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