monasteries

Describes the history and culture of medieval castles, and features illustrated instructions for eight related craft projects.

Describes the organization and daily routines of a medieval monastery as exemplified by the Benedictine monastery connected to Durham Cathedral.

The Redeemer Sanctuary, a stronghold of a secretive sect of warrior monks, torture and death await the unsuccessful or disobedient. Raised by them since childhood, Thomas Cale knows no other life, nor is he allowed one. And then one day he opens a forbidden door.

Provides a portrait of the English monastery at the height of the Middle Ages, looking at the roles of the various people who lived in the abbeys, the craft involved in building a monastery, the blossoming of artistic and intellectual activity, and other aspects of life within the abbey walls.

Presents a short study of the development of Monasticism and the Monastic life, and examines ancient monasteries, early monastics, Viking attacks on monasteries between the eighth and tenth centuries, and more.

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.

On the Earth-like planet, Arbre, scientists, philosophers and mathematicians are called upon to leave their sanctuary when a extraterrestrial catastrophe threatens.

Pascual, a boy blessed by angels at his birth, receives divine help when the Franciscan monks make him their cook.

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.

When a peaceful monastery in Qu?bec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the S?urete du Qu?bec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence.