The Rise of the Mediaeval Church And Its Influence On the Civilisation of Wester
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church And Its Influence On the Civilisation of Wester
Alexander Clarence Flick
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3 The monk was the leader and pattern of the Middle > Lea, Sac. Cel. , 116. See Cath. Encyc. 2 Stephen, Essays in Eccl. Biog. , 240. 3 It was boasted that no less than twenty Emperors and forty- seven kings cast aside their crowns to become Benedictine monks, while ten Emperors and fifty queens entered convents, but it is impossible to discover them. Monasticism 217 Ages. Every father was ambitious to have his son enter that holy calling. To the quiet and peaceful abode of the monastery, theref...ore, went not only the pious, but the student, those who disliked the soldier's life, the disconsolate, the disgraced, the disappointed, the indolent, and the weary. And this powerful organ- isation was utterly under the control of the great Roman Bishop and his subordinates. The remarkable growth of monasticism brought great wealth and political power, which were used in large measure to strengthen the Church. Kings and nobles made large grants of lands — especially Charles the Great and Louis the Pious.
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