Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . n, whoestabhshed the first monastery on Mount Cassino, in Lower Italy. He was thus thefounder of the widelyspread order of Bene-dictines, which rap-idly extended itselfamong all nations,and built many mon-asteries. The rule ofthis order includedthe novel feature ofindustrial was espe-cially recommended \and in the MiddleAges the Benedictinemonks were the besthusbandmen in Eu-rope. The monas-teries — erected for the most par
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . n, whoestabhshed the first monastery on Mount Cassino, in Lower Italy. He was thus thefounder of the widelyspread order of Bene-dictines, which rap-idly extended itselfamong all nations,and built many mon-asteries. The rule ofthis order includedthe novel feature ofindustrial was espe-cially recommended \and in the MiddleAges the Benedictinemonks were the besthusbandmen in Eu-rope. The monas-teries — erected for the most part in beautiful and remotesituations, and the inhabitants of which were obliged to takethe three vows of celibacy, personal poverty, and obedience— proved, in those days of lawlessness and barbarism, ablessing to mankind. They converted heaths and forests intoflourishing farms; they afforded a place of refuge (asylum)to the persecuted and oppressed; they ennobled the rudeminds of men by the preaching of the gospel; they pre-served the remains of ancient literature from utter destruc-tion, and were the nurseries of education and of le^ Monastery Gatb.
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