Patrick Randall

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Great On the Pastoral Office

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Pope Gregory I

A homily by Saint Gregory the Great on the virtues, responsibilities, and shortfalls of the clergy; recommended to the attention of all cler…

The Life of St. Benedict

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Pope Gregory I

St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities. His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict,&…

The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)

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William Langland

William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…

Fountains Abbey; the story of a mediaeval monastery

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George Hodges

The story of Fountains Abbey, one of England's most famous medieval monasteries, from its foundation in the twelfth century to its suppressi…