monks

A fox, having assumed the form of a woman in order to lure a solitary monk from his temple, thus winning a bet with a badger, ends up falling in love with the young man; and when she overhears a group of demons who have been dispatched to kill the monk and steal his inner peace, the fox/woman begins her struggle to save him.

Describes a year in the life of the monks living in the great monastery of Cluny in medieval France, as seen through the eyes of a young boy who has just joined the monastic order.

In Ireland in the Middle Ages, young Brother Cuthbert, known for making mistakes and giving up easily, is chosen through a miscommunication to serve as scribe for an illuminated manuscript of the Nativity story, through which the Abbot hopes to make the monastery famous.

Although he rebels against life in the Tibetan Buddhist monastery where he had been sent, fourteen-year-old Thunder comes to some amazing realizations about himself.

Follows the adventures of Pagan, squire to Lord Roland, through the years 1188 to 1189, as he accompanies his master, now determined to be a monk, to the French monastery of St. Martin and uncovers a dangerous blackmail plot.

Forty-two-year-old Jessie is summoned home to Egret Island off the coast of South Carolina after her obsessively devout mother inexplicably cuts off her own finger, and finds herself oddly exhilarated to be free of her husband, and wildly attracted to Brother Thomas, a monk who has yet to take his final vows.

A small boy who was left at the gates of a Buddhist Temple is adopted by the monks who live there.

Fourteen-year-old novice monk Bart and his mentor, Gary, having rescued a group of thieves, run into even more danger when their ship, the "Prominence" nears the sun.

Describes the daily lives of monks in medieval monasteries, discussing what they wore, their activities, the importance of books and learning, income and spending, and other topics; and includes the stories of individual monks, including St. Cuthbert and St. Benedict.

Mother Marie Francoise, targeted by the Inquisition for practicing magic and communing with the devil, is urged to confess her sins to Michel, a Dominican scribe who is compelled to prove Marie innocent even after she reveals the truth about her pagan ways.