ion to Roman, 125, 147;
disorders among the early, 128, 150;
literary services of, 151, 153, 167, 169, 248, 253, 405, 406;
agricultural services of, 155, 192, 403;
wild animals and the, 156;
early British, 162, 168;
influence of the, in England, 166;
the barbarians and the, 148, 171, 398;
military, 173, 197;
corruptions of, 124, 173, 175, 179, 196, 206, 336;
the celibacy of, 183;
changes in the character of, 284;
rebel against Henry VIII., 296;
as obstacles to progress, 300, 343;
required to take the Oath of Supremacy, 301;
pious frauds of, in England, 318;
receive pensions, 320;
oppose reforms in England, 344;
privileges and powers of the, affected by the suppression, 347;
charity of the, 348, 410, 411;
objects of the, 360;
once held in high esteem, 361;
their flight from Rome, 368;
diversity of opinions respecting the, 388;
effect of austerities on the, 390;
effect of solitude on the, 393;
deficiencies in the best, 394;
as missionaries, 398;
civic duties and the, 399;
military quarrels incited by the, 401;
enthusiasm for religion kept alive by the, 413;
their sense of sin, exaggeration in their views and methods, 413;
their doctrine of hell, 417;
the doctrine of the cross and the, 418.
_See_ Mendicants, Benedict, Order of St., etc.
Montaigne, on the temptations of solitude, 393.
Montalembert, on Eastern monachism, 67;
on Benedict, 130;
on the ruin of French cloisters, 351;
on the attractions of solitude, 364;
on the value of the monks, 388, 406.
Montanists, The, and asceticism, 27.
Monte Cassino, Monastery at, Montalembert on, 134;
sketch of its history, 134.
Montserrat, tablet on Ignatius in church at, 262.
More, Sir Thomas, causes of his death, 298;
his character, 299;
influence of, in prison, 303, 305;
on Henry's ambition, 322.
Morton, Cardinal, on the vices of the monks, 338.
Mosheim, on Francis, 225;
on the quarrel of the Franciscans, 247.
Mozoomdar, on the motives and spirit of Oriental asceticism, 358.
Mutius, taught renunciation, 62.

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Neander, compares Jovinian to Luther, 127;
on the dreams of Francis, 209.
Newman, Cardinal, on Benedict's mission, 149.
Nicholas, St., Monastery of, 240.
Normans, The, and the alien priories, 341.
Novitiate, Benedictine, extended by Gregory, 160;
of the Jesuits, 260, 269.
_See_ various orders.
Nun, _see_ Women.
Nunneries, origin of, 106.

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