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 The Mo The Monks and the Conversion of the Germans in Holy Spirit, giving thanks and praising Christ because he had deigned to bestow upon his servants such a lodge in the wilderness. . . . And the brethren decided to follow the rule of the holy [Condensed.] father Benedict. They spent many years in holy pursuits ; and the number of brethren in the monastery grew greater, for many men gave themselves and all that they had to serve God there. And the holy bishop was zealous to visit them from time to time ; and he had compassion upon their poverty, and gave them some lands to furnish them neces- sary food. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Monks: ADAMS, Civilization, pp. 131-136; EMERTON, Introduc- A. Refer tion, Chapter XI, pp. 135-149; GIBBON, Vol. IV, Chapter XXXVII, ences - PP- 57-75- The Benedictine Rule : Selections in FLING, European History Studies, Vol. II', No. 6, pp. 94-99. The most complete translation is in HENDERSON, Select Documents, pp. 274-314. Monastery Charters: FLING, pp. 91-94 ; HENDERSON, pp. 329-333. The Conversion of the Saxons : BEMONT and MONOD, pp. 124-132 ; GARDINER, Student's History of England, pp. 37-52; GREEN, Short History of the English People (larger edition), Chapter I, section 3, pp. 17- 36 ; TERRY, History of England, pp. 34-49 ; GEE and H.ARDY, Documents of English Church History, pp. 2-15; Old South Leaflets, No. 113; KEN- DALL, Source Book of English History, pp. 14-16; GREEN, pp. 38-41. Missionaries to the Continent : Life of St. Columban, written in the seventh century. Translations and Reprints, Vol. II, No. 7. Very valu- able and interesting. MONTALEMBERT, The Monks of the West, 6 vols. The best and B. Addi- fullest discussion of the subject, attractive on account of the writer's tional read enthusiasm and literary style. See especially Introduction, Chapters II, III, and IV, on the nature of monasticism and its services to Christen- dom ; Books II and III on the precursors of Benedict in the East and West; Book IV on Benedict; Book VII on St. Columban ; and Books VIII-XIV on the establishment of the Church in Britain. SMITH, T. G., Christian Monasticism from the Fourth to the Ninth Centuries. A brief survey of the same field. HARNACK, Monasticism. An admirable philosophical comparison of the spirit of eastern and western monasticism.