CHAPTER XV

THE REFORMS OF MONASTICISM 353

Mediaeval Extremes; Benedict of Aniane; Cluny; Citeaux’s _Charta Charitatis_; the _vita contemplativa_ accepts the _vita activa_.

## CHAPTER XVI THE HERMIT TEMPER 368

Peter Damiani; Romuald; Dominicus Loricatus; Bruno and Guigo, Carthusians.

## CHAPTER XVII THE QUALITY OF LOVE IN ST. BERNARD 392

## CHAPTER XVIII ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 415

## CHAPTER XIX MYSTIC VISIONS OF ASCETIC WOMEN 442

Elizabeth of Schönau; Hildegard of Bingen; Mary of Ognies; Liutgard of Tongern; Mechthild of Magdeburg.

## CHAPTER XX THE SPOTTED ACTUALITY 471

The Testimony of Invective and Satire; Archbishop Rigaud’s _Register_; Engelbert of Cologne; Popular Credences.

## CHAPTER XXI THE WORLD OF SALIMBENE 494

## BOOK IV

THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL: SOCIETY

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