A HISTORY OF MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY by Luc Brésard, of the abbey of Citeaux

Cluniac Architecture
An excellent summary, well worth readng, on monastc sprtuality (thanks to the "Monasterion" group.)

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INTRODUCTION
1. PREHISTORY
2. ANTONY 251-356
3. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
4. THE MONASTIC RULES
5. PACHOMIUS 292-346
6. THE APOPHTHEGMATA
7. EVAGRIUS 345-399
8. CASSIAN 365-435
9. BASIL 328-378
10. PSEUDO-MACARIUS
11.AUGUSTINE 354-430
12.WESTERN MONASTICISM
13. THE MONKS OF GAZA c.500
14. JOHN CLIMACUS c. 580-680
BY WAY OF CONCLUSION