Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 398
dst the troubles and vanities of theworld. THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS. The endowment of each, monastery was generally made up of the propertybelonging to the monks who had fixed their abode there. If the novice wasan adult, he was obliged to distribute all bis goods to the poor, or to makea solemn grant… … Fig. 243.—The Offering of a Child to an Abbot.—From a Miniature in a Manuscript published atthe Close of the Thirteenth Century (Burgundian Library, Brussels). received the young novice, or they ceded the income of the lands andthe property by deed of transfer to the monastery. Enriched by…
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