CHAPTER XII

. THE MACHINERY OF REFORM

The chapter meeting 475

Reform by external authorities: (1) a parent house 478 (2) the chapter general of the order 481 (3) the bishop of the diocese 482

The episcopal visitation and injunctions 483

How far was this control adequate? (1) concealment of faults 488 (2) visitation too infrequent 490 (3) difficulty of enforcing injunctions 492

Value of visitation documents to the historian 493

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