Containing the Rise, Growth and Present State of the English Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict: Drawn From the Archives of the Houses of the Said Congregation at Douay in Flanders, Dieulwart i - Hardcover

Dom Bennet Weldon

9780484299350: Containing the Rise, Growth and Present State of the English Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict: Drawn From the Archives of the Houses of the Said Congregation at Douay in Flanders, Dieulwart i

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ISBN 10: 0484299352 ISBN 13: 9780484299350

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Original records of English Benedictines, from Douay to Lamspring, preserved and presented

This historical chronicle gathers authentic acts and deeds of the English Benedictine Congregation, drawn from its archival houses across Europe and dating to the early 1700s. Readers will encounter the framework, reforms, and the long arc of the order’s life as it tracked its own foundation, governance, and relations with wider Catholic history.

Learn how reforms were proposed and accepted within a Benedictine community spread across France, Germany, and the Low Countries.
See how foundation charters, property, and governance shaped the English Congregation during periods of upheaval.
Discover notes on appointments, visits, and the duties of officers that kept the order organized across borders.
Gain context for how religious life and archival record-keeping documented the monastery’s history.

Ideal for readers of church history, monastic studies, and archival historians seeking primary-source perspective on the English Benedictines of the post‑Reformation era.

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