Christian Monasticism A Great Force in History 1925

1925. In his experience as a teacher of history, Mr. Hannah found there is no subject on which the ordinary student is more vague in his mind than upon the place of Christian monasticism in the story of the world. He was unaware of the existence of any book which dealt with the earnest labors of the monks for mankind. Hannah sets forth the main outlines of the second pillar of medievalism - those task so well achieved by the monks whose original traditions might have appeared so exceedingly unpromising.Hannah, Ian C. is the author of 'Christian Monasticism A Great Force in History 1925', published 2003 under ISBN 9780766165571 and ISBN 0766165574.