L’inattendu du terrain by Claire Vidal

“…Based on a reflexive perspective on my ethnographic study, in this article I examine the reconfiguration processes of the Buddhist Academy of Putuoshan, where Buddhist monks and nuns are trained. Located off Shanghai, the island of Putuoshan is a major pilgrimage site in Chinese Buddhism. …”
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Le travail de Gaignières sur les archives du Val Notre-Dame. Une porte d’entrée sur un chartrier bien conservé by Marlène Helias-Baron

“…The abbey of Val Notre-Dame was founded in around 1125 near Pontoise, in the north of the diocese of Paris, by monks from Cour-Dieu (diocese of Orléans). Thanks to the close attention of the local aristocracy, it was able to build up a substantial estate by the mid-fourteenth century. …”
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A Santidade Enfurecida by Leandro Duarte Rust

“…Among the most frequent cases of disputes during the "Gregorian Reformation Era" were clashes between monks and bishops, whose outbreak had repercussions in numerous directions: on aristocratic domination, patrimonial control networks, foundations of ecclesiology, urban mobilizations, legal consensus. …”
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« La plus grande utilité publique ». Renouveau pédagogique et éducation du corps au Collège de Sorèze (1759-1854) by Serge Vaucelle

“…On the eve of the 1789 Revolution it was still a religious institution run by the Benedictine monks, known for having broken with certain traditional models. …”
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Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…It then analyses and evaluates discernment in the community of desert monks in the Christian tradition which illustrates the significance of discernment for spirituality. …”
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Deux fragments d’un nécrologe de la Trinité de Fécamp (XIe-XIIe siècles). Étude et édition critique d’un document mémoriel exceptionnel by Stéphane Lecouteux

“…These fragments are of considerable interest: they belong to the oldest surviving Norman necrology and preserve the names of numerous monks linked with the abbey of Fécamp, thus demonstrating that the spiritual network established by William of Volpanio survived long after his death and those of his disciples. …”
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Le monastère face aux laïques au haut Moyen Âge : lieux de culte secondaires et accueil aux limites de l’espace monastique dans le contexte italien  by Eleonora Destefanis

“…The study of the charity provided by monasteries is strongly connected with the definition of the monasterium, as in fact in written sources, is often linked to the word xenodochium; furthermore, the monasterium could reach boundaries much wider than the nucleous where monks live. Just at the edge of this space – the claustrum or a much bigger territory, perceived however as monasterium in every aspect – we can find specific complexes for social (and sometimes medical) services, in certain cases provided with secondary churches, distinct from the abbatial one.The paper studies, through some Early Middle Ages Italian cases and referring to written as well as archaeological sources, the topographical and functional choices connected to these structures. …”
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Les documents copto-arabes dans les archives chrétiennes d’Éthiopie : de rares témoins de l’autorité épiscopale (XIVe-XVe s.) by Anaïs Wion

“…Did abuna Salāmā, the “Translator”, plot with the monks of Ḥayq Esṭifānos to place Dāwit on the throne? …”
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La valeur du corps saint d’après les Vitae des mulieres religiosas des Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…This is the case with a Cistercian lay brother such as Arnulf of Villers, while the choir monks or preacher do not share this spiritual model, which shifts the issue of the price assessement of the holy body from gender to religious status and thereby allows to consider in a new light medieval social hierarchies set by the Church as well as the role played by the body.…”
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L’écrit et la justice au Mont Saint-Michel : les notices narratives (vers 1060-1150) by Éric Van Torhoudt

“…The form of these writings follows the diplomatic and historiographic tradition of the scriptorium of the Mont St Michel and finds a natural place in the chronic cartulary. The monks stage in them their autonomy from the earls or the bishops and underline the qualities of some of their abbots. …”
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Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie by Iria Gonçalves

“…But the crisis had other effects, such as spiraling grain prices, rising flour extraction rates and a decline in the quality of daily bread, or the resort to substitute foods. From monks to peasants, everyone felt the consequences of this crisis, albeit on very different scales and in very dissimilar ways.…”
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Sectarian and Secular: Lay Perspectives in <i>Stūpa</i> Burials at Mount Zhongnan During the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–906) by Wen Sun

“…The canonical limitations on <i>stūpa</i> burial for ordinary monks and prohibitions on non-Buddhist <i>stūpas</i> underwent significant changes in medieval China. …”
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The first books in Kaunas by Sigitas Lūžys

“…Four incunabula known in Lithuania at present had belonged to monasteries or monks in Kaunas. It should be noted that at the beginning of the 18th century, among 32 books in St. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…Watching the life of the monks Optina Pustyn can trace the genesis hesychast tradition from the time of Paisius Velichkovsky. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…Forster, J. Sartorius), monks and priests, as well as the rare cases of book collections owned by city-dwellers. …”
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THE MONASTERY OF “NEW NEAMŢ” – THE SACRED RIVER THAT FLEW IN THE OCEAN OF ROMANIAN HISTORY by Stela GUŢANU

“…Founded in 1864 by the monks departed from the old Monastery in Neamţ, the new Monastery of “Noul Neamţ” (meaning New Neamţ) took over not only the designation of the oldest, richest monastic foundation in Moldova, but also the ancient traditions of this outstanding century-old cultural centre. …”
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Peddling Wonderment, Selling Privilege: Launching the Market for Medieval Books in Antebellum New York by Scott Gwara

“…He emphasized the materiality of manuscripts, their possession by fanatic monks, their esoteric rarity, and the possibility of owning the lifetime work of a sensitive, if unschooled, artist. …”
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Efecto del proceso de preservación y fijación en Peruanocotyle pelagica (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) by Uziel Armando Quiroz-Larios, Scott Monks, Griselda Pulido-Flores, Juan Violante-González

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The Śāriputra and Raudrākṣa – On the Identity of the Bronze Drum in the Dunhuang Murals by Minqian Liao

“…Sudatta’s conversion leads to the construction of a monastery, sparking a contest between Buddhist monks and six sectarian teachers, with Śāriputra’s victory over Raudrākṣa showcasing Buddhist supremacy. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Bruno of Querfurt, and the mission of 5 Benedictine monks. All of them were organized by Otto (until Dictatus papae). …”
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