monasteries

Examines aspects of daily life in a medieval monastery, discussing obedience and discipline, spiritual and contemplative activities, good works, education and the arts, and other topics.

In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.

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.

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.

Many years after a nuclear war, scholars seeking the old learning come to a monastery where much knowledge has been preserved.

In 1171 twelve-year-old Hugh, burdened with a crippled leg since birth, is unhappy when his nobleman father, forced into exile in the bloody aftermath of King Henry's confrontation with Archbishop Thomas Becket, leaves him in the care of the monks of Glastonbury Abbey.

Pip the orphan and Perfect, the stone gargoyle, try to save the Brothers, the King, and their country as troops invade across the waterways of the Fens and a sickness falls upon almost all of the brothers of Wicket Monastery.

Pip, a boy who lives in a medieval abbey, befriends a stone gargoyle named Perfect and soon finds himself running for his life while trying to stop the assassination of the king.

Gerald, a nine-year-old pursuing his studies in a monastery, takes part in a grand reception for the visiting Emperor Charlemagne and hears tales about the changes that ruler is making in his growing empire. Sections of the story alternate with brief factual information on aspects of life in medieval Europe under Charlemagne.