monasteries

Provides an excellent synthesis of various schools of thought regarding the role of schooling and education in society. Permits students to see and grasp continuing historical and cultural perspectives so that their educational and philosophical judgments are not made in a vacuum.

Jack and Annie are transported by the magic tree house back to a monastery in medieval Ireland where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.

Explores the lives of people from the Middle Ages, using historical re-enactments and dramatic footage to look at day-to-day life inside monasteries, discussing the various religious orders of the Middle Ages, and considering the participation of monks in the Crusades.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.

"Pip the orphan and Perfect the stone gargoyle face a variety of dangers when they meet a mysterious stranger who has actually heard the sound of a Witch Bell and is being chased by the Holy Hunter.".

Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.

Thomas Cale, a prisoner in the Sanctuary of the Redeemers since childhood, discovers a plot to wage a holy war and attempts a daring escape; but as the only one able to save the world, the Redeemers cannot afford to let them run loose.

In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.

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.