Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages / Third Edition

CONTENTS.

THE MONKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	The Origin of Monachism	1
II.	The Benedictine Orders	6
III.	The Augustinian Order	18
IV.	The Military Orders	26
V.	The Orders of Friars	36
VI.	The Convent	54
VII.	The Monastery	70

THE HERMITS AND RECLUSES OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.	The Hermits	93
II.	Anchoresses, or Female Recluses	120
III.	Anchorages	132
IV.	Consecrated Widows	152

THE PILGRIMS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.	Pilgrims	157
II.	Our Lady of Walsingham and St. Thomas of Canterbury	176

THE SECULAR CLERGY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.	The Parochial Clergy	195
II.	Clerks in Minor Orders	214
III.	The Parish Priest	222
IV.	Clerical Costume	232
V.	Parsonage Houses	252

THE MINSTRELS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.		267
II.	Sacred Music	284
III.	Guilds of Minstrels	298

THE KNIGHTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.	Saxon Arms and Armour	311
II.	Arms and Armour, from the Norman Conquest downwards	326
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