Article from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

A protestant perspective on the history of monasticism from Crosswalk.com

An essay on Papal attempts at reform of the Benedictine rules in the fourteenth century.

A lecture on the place of the Mendicant Friars in the life of the medieval church. From the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

Essay from the Ecole Initiative that looks at the early history of the order and its role in the Netherlands.

A course on the origins of the Franciscan order.

Tracing the transfer of English Benedictine nuns from Brussels to Winchester following the French Revolution.

An introduction to the development of the Cistercian Order, and its role in the Cathar Crusades of the thirteenth century.

A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition to the main body of the order, pretended to observe the Rule of St. Francis in its primitive severity.

The Abbey of Cluny was the forerunner for a reformed and stricter monasticism. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

An essay contending that the Franciscans had a vital role in promoting Papal authority.

An article on the history of the Franciscan order and its role within the Catholic church. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.

An examination of the historical coverage the Jesuits received in North America. By John Carrigg, Professor of History at Franciscan University.

A set of short essays on the Dominicans from the BELIEVE website.

The earliest reform, which became practically a distinct order, within the Benedictine family.

Article from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

A history of the Cistercian Order founded in 1098.

From the Medieval Sourcebook.