CHAPTER XXI

RISE OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS IN THE CHURCH 510

OUTLINE: I.--Monasticism before the Crusades. II.--Effect of the Crusades on monasticism. III.--Origin of the begging orders. IV.--Rise and influence of the Dominicans. V.--Origin and power of the Franciscans. VI.--Wide-spread results of mediæval monasticism. VII.--Sources.

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