Seasonal Work in a Medieval Monastery: A Month-by-Month Guide

Two calendars ruled the medieval monastery — the liturgical and the agricultural. Here is how the working year unfolded, month by month,...

Monastic Daily Life: A Checklist of the Hours, Vows, and Work

A practical checklist of Benedictine monastic life: the three vows, the eight daily hours of prayer, the work, silence, and reading that...