Monasteries

Examples

• They delighted in the burning of monasteries and nunneries and the slaughter of their inmates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The monasteries contained many monks who were excellent scholars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many of these were made in the monasteries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the seclusion of their monasteries, they speculated on the mysterious powers of Nature, then partially revealed to them, and shadowed forth images of their possible applications. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Closely associated with the Benedictine monasteries were the schools that grew presently into the medieval universities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Monasteries had existed in the world before Christianity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Men sought fresh forms of righteous living outside the monasteries and priesthood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The monasteries of the kingdom of Northumbria in the north of England became a centre of light and learning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Owing to the large number of monasteries and monks in Northumbria, that part of England was for a time far in advance of the south in civilization. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Among them are manuscripts from the archives of nearly two thousand families, monasteries and convents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The spread of monasteries of the Benedictine order or type in the seventh and eighth centuries was very considerable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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