Project Gutenberg 2008-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 77 Stoney, Constance Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Early Double Monasteries" by Constance Stoney is a historical account written during the early 20th century. The book explores the concept of double monasteries—communities that house both men and women, often under the same rule but with significant separation in daily life. Stoney delves into their origins, evolution, and influence, particularly during the early periods of Christian monasticism. In this insightful exploration, Stoney examines various double monasteries that emerged from as early as the 4th century, focusing on cases like those of Pachomius in Egypt and various establishments in Gaul and England. She highlights the roles of women in founding and managing these religious communities, such as Hild of Whitby and Aethelthryth of Ely, illustrating how they constructed a unique social order that combined both spiritual and practical aspects of life. The book emphasizes the interplay of gender, authority, and religious devotion, elucidating how these institutions shaped early Christian society and contributed to the preservation and transmission of knowledge during turbulent historical periods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Speeches, addresses, etc. Monasticism and religious orders BX Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 80056 80057 2024-10-10T13:40:35.463707 2023-09-11T05:43:27.959323 text/html text/html 76952 2008-02-17T16:12:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 28174 2008-02-17T16:12:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 104117 2024-10-10T13:40:41.264694 application/epub+zip 103150 2024-10-10T13:40:38.558713 application/epub+zip 87733 2024-10-10T13:40:37.307707 application/epub+zip 226529 2024-10-10T13:40:43.267686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216738 2024-10-10T13:40:40.540688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185267 2022-09-11T11:06:46.001908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64135 63922 2024-10-10T13:40:35.113715 2023-09-11T05:43:27.712325 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 64033 2008-02-17T16:12:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25236 2008-02-17T16:12:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 64026 2008-02-17T16:12:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25218 2008-02-17T16:12:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21036 2024-10-10T13:40:43.392668 application/rdf+xml 14974 2024-10-10T13:40:37.866701 image/jpeg 4141 2024-10-10T13:40:37.572717 image/jpeg 101051 2024-10-10T13:40:35.471716 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog