Benedict of Aniane: The Emperor's Monk: Ardo's Life by Clemens Radl

Benedict of Aniane: The Emperor's Monk: Ardo's Life

Cistercian Studies

Clemens Radl with Allen Cabaniss (Translator)

112 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography challenging dark informative medium-paced
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Given the task of reviving monasticism and imposing uniformity throughout the Carolingian Empire, Witiza, a Visigothic lord became monk with the name Benedict, and read and compared all the existing monastic rules he could. Despite his own prefere...

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