The monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard;
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Table of Contents:
- French original published at Paris, 1860-77, v. 5-6 being edited by Aurelien de Courson.
- In the numbering of "books" in the contents no. XVI-XVII (between v. 4 and 5) are omitted.
- v.1. Dedication. Introduction/ by Ch. de Montalembert. book I. The Roman empire after the peace of the church. book II. Monastic precursors in the East. book III. Monastic precursors in the West. book IV. St. Benedict. Book V. St. Gregory the Great. Monastic Italy and Spain in the sixth and seventh centuries. book VI. The monks under the first Merovingians. book VII. St. Columbanus. The Irish in Gaul and the colonies of Luxeuil. book VIII. Christian origin of the British Isles.--v.2. book IX. St. Columba, the apostle of Caledonia, 521-597. book X. St. Augustin of Canterbury and the Roman missionaries in England, 597-633. book XI. The Celtic monks and the Anglo-Saxons. book XII. St. Wilfrid establishes Roman unity and the Benedictine order, 634-709. Appendix: I. Iona. II. Conclusions of two papers of M. Varin. II. Lindisfarne. IV. Peterborough. V. Hexham. VI-X. Geneological tables.