Monasticism

35569: ADVISORY COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.
Guide to the Religious Communities of the Anglican Communion. Mowbray, 3rd edition 1962, 150pp, Very Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0264651324. Comprehensive catalogue of the communities in existence at the time.
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32658: ALLCHIN, A.M.
The Silent Rebellion. Anglican Religious Communities 1845-1900. SCM Press, 1958, 256pp, ex-library copy, Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN B000W6ETKE.
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29500: ALLCHIN, A.M.
Theology and Prayer. Essays on Monastic Themes presented at the Orthodox-Cistercian Conference, Oxford, 1973. Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, 1975, 107pp, covers creased otherwise Good Condition, paperback.
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35660: ANON.
Directory of Religious Orders, Congregations and Societies of Great Britain and Ireland. Glasgow: John S. Burns & Sons, 1956, 522pp, Shabby but sound, Hardcover. Contains useful potted histories as well as the addresses.
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37868: BEATTIE, Gordon [Ed]
The Benedictine and Cistercian Monastic Yearbook 1993. English Benedictine Congregation Trust, 1993, 225pp, illustrations, Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0901089125.
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37832: BEATTIE, Gordon [Ed]
The Benedictine and Cistercian Monastic Yearbook 1994. English Benedictine Congregation Trust, 1994, 225pp, illustrations, Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0901089125.
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37811: BEATTIE, Gordon [Ed]
The Benedictine and Cistercian Monastic Yearbook 1995. English Benedictine Congregation Trust, 1995, 225pp, illustrations, Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0901089133.
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37929: BEATTIE, Gordon [Ed]
The Benedictine and Cistercian Monastic Yearbook 1996. English Benedictine Congregation Trust, 1996, 225pp, illustrations, Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 090108915X.
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35988: BERNSTEIN, M.
Nuns. Collins, 1976, 352pp, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0002155796.
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36223: BETTEY, B.H.
Suppression of the Monasteries in the West Country Sutton Publishing, 1989, 224pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0862995949.
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37911: BRAS, Gabriel Le
Les Ordres religieux Actifs. Flammarion, 1980, 290mm, 791pp, colour illustrations, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B00120UV10. Beautifully illustrated history of monasticism in the way that only the French can do it. View image.
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34027: CARMELITE MISSIONARIES.
Constitutions and Complementary Norms. Rome, 1983, 246pp, Very Good Condition, Hardcover.
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34010: CARMELITE MISSIONARIES.
Textual Sources of the Constitutions. Rome, 1983, 140pp, Very Good Condition, Hardcover.
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26838: CARTHUSIANS.
Nova Collectio Statutorum Ordinis Cartusiensis, Ea quae in Antiquis et Novis Statuis, ac Tertia Compilatione dispersa et confusa habebantur simul ordinate disposita complectens… Typis Cartusiae, 5th edition 1879, 273mm, 522pp, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good Condition, leather. View image.
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34599: CHARLES, John
One Man's Journey. Mowbray, Oxford, 1972, 224pp, spine faded otherwise Very Good Condition, no dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 026464588X. Anglican Franciscan.
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41874: CHITTY, D.J.
The Desert a City. An introduction to the study of Egyptian and Palestinian monasticism under the Christian Empire. Blackwell, 1966, 222pp, illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, hardcover. ISBN 0631100202.
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34330: COLEGATE, Isabel
A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries and Recluses. HarperCollins, 2002, 320pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0002571420.
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4620: CORR, G.M.
Servites in London. An account of the coming of the Servite Fathers to England. Newbury, Berks: Servite Fathers, 1952, 109pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, hardback. ISBN B0000CIG3B.
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35526: COULOMB, A.
Life of the Very Reverend Mother Marie du Coeur de Jesus nee Euphrasie Barbier, foundress and first Superioress (sic) General of the Institute of the Daughters of Notre Dame des Missions. Mechlin: Dessain, 1914, 611pp, black & white illustrations, corners bumped otherwise Very Good Condition, Hardcover.
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33751: DE CHANTAL, F.
Julie Billiart and Her Institute. Longmans, 1938, 280pp, ex-library copy, Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN B00085W58W.
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41165: DENIS, Fr.
Father Algy. Hodder, 1964, 224pp, a bit foxed otherwise Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN B0000CMAES. "The biography of one of the best known and best loved Franciscans." Very useful for its biographical index of obscure early 20th century Anglicans.
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35551: D'HULST, Mgr.
Life of Mother Mary Teresa. Foundress of the Congregation of the Adoration of Reparation. 1899, 315pp, Very Good Condition, Hardcover.
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35627: DIONYSIOS, Abbot
A Brief History of Kykkos Monastery. 1979, 25pp, black & white illustrations, Very Good Condition, pamphlet. History and description of this Cypriot monastery.
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31383: ELIZABETH, Mother
Corn of Wheat. The life and history of the Community of St Francis. Oxford: Becket Publications, 1981, 112pp, Very Good Condition, paperback.
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11594: FARMER, D.H. [Ed]
Benedict's Disciples. Gracewing, 1980, 354pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, hardback. ISBN 0852440111. This volume commemorates the 15th centenary of the birth of St Benedict. It concentrates on some of the many outstanding individuals involved in the history of the Order.
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35361: FLANAGAN, M.
Life of the Venerable Pierre Bienvenu Noailles, Priest, 1793-1861. Founder of the Association of the Holy Family of Bordeaux. revised edition 1992, 193pp, Very Good Condition, paperback.
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24254: FOREST, J.
Living with Wisdom. A Life of Thomas Merton. Orbis, 1991, 226pp, illustrations, covers protected by transparent adhesive film,, paperback. ISBN 088344755X.
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15006: FRANCE, P.
Hermits. The insights of solitude. Chatto & Windus, 1996, 240pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, hardback. ISBN 0701162961.
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40697: GRASSELLI, Gian Maria et al
Guida ai monasteri d'Italia: Storia, arte, attività religiose e culturali, ospitalità, prodotti tipici e artigianato, visita guidata e indicazioni pratiche. Piemme, 1995, 429pp, colour illustrations, Very Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN 8838424284.
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41232: GREGORY THE GREAT.
Vita e Miracoli di San Benedetto. Rome: Abbazia di S Paolo, 1954, 134pp, 44 plates, grubby but sound, paperback.
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40264: GRUBER, Mark
Journey Back to Eden: My Life and Times Among the Desert Fathers. Orbis Books, 2002, 208pp, covers protected by transparent adhesive film, Very Good Condition, Paperback. ISBN 1570754330.
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35549: HEGARTY, M.L.
Serving with Gladness. The origin and history of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity and of the Incarnate Word, Houston Texas. 1967, 429pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover.
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910: HILL, M.
The Religious Order. A study of virtuoso religion and its legitimation in the nineteenth-century Church of England. Heinemann, 1973, 344pp, light marginal pencilling otherwise Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, hardback. ISBN 0435824120. Religio-sociological study of 19th century monasticism in the Church of England.
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36049: HOWELLS, Roscoe
Caldey. Gomer Press, 1984, 261pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0863830870.
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29908: HUME, Basil
In Praise of Benedict. Gracewing, 1996, 80pp, Very Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 085244379X.
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34325: KLIMISCH, Jane
Women Gathering. The story of the Benedictine Federation of St Gertrude. Toronto, 1993, 256pp, black & white illustrations, covers creased otherwise Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0920669522.
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34819: KNOWLES, David
From Pachomius to Ignatius: a study in the constitutional history of the religious orders. Oxford UP, 1966, 98pp, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 019826612X.
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40416: KRAILSHEIMER, A.J.
Rance and the Trappist Legacy. [Cistercian Studies S] Cistercian Publications, 1985, 151pp, covers protected by transparent adhesive film, Very Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 087907986X.
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41255: LACEY, A C
The Second Spring in Charnwood Forest. Loughborough University, 1985, 71pp, illustrations, Very Good Condition, Paperback. ISBN 0946207038.
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40348: LAVEN, Mary
Virgins of Venice: Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent. London: Penguin, 2003, 320pp, illustrations, covers protected by transparent adhesive film,, paperback. ISBN 0140298290.
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37910: LE BRAS, Gabriel
Les Ordres religieux. La vie et l'art. Flammarion, 1979, 290mm, 736pp, colour illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 2080100289. Beautifully illustrated history of monasticism in the way that only the French can do it. View image.
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40101: LEVI, Peter
The Frontiers of Paradise. A study of monks and monasteries. Collins, 1987, 224pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, paperback. ISBN 0002725134.
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35962: LITTLE, B.
Abbeys And Priories In England And Wales. Batsford, 1979, 256mm, 216pp, 136 black & white illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0713417129.
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35390: MCMAHON, N.
The Story of the Hospitallers of St John of God. Dublin: Gill, 1958, 187pp, black & white illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B0007JHGMY.
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33213: MCNAMARA, Jo Ann Kay
Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia Harvard University Press, 1996, 768pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 067480984X.
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35318: MEAGHER, George T.
With attentive ear and courageous heart; a biography of Mother Mary Kasper, foundress of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. Milwaukee: Bruce Press, 1957, 258pp, black & white illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B000TN18KO.
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21030: MERTON, T.
Witness to Freedom. Letters in times of Crisis. New York: Farrar Straus, 1994, 352pp, Very Good Condition in dust jacket, hardback. ISBN 0374291918.
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40422: MERTON, Thomas
Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. [The Journals of Thomas Merton Vol 5.] HarperSanFrancisco, 1998, 384pp, covers protected by transparent adhesive film, Very Good Condition, Paperback. ISBN 006065483X.
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36481: MERTON, Thomas
Journals of Thomas Merton: 1941-52 - Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer v. 2 HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, 528pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0060654767.
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37081: MERTON, Thomas
Journals of Thomas Merton: Vol 3. 1952-60 - Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life. HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, 496pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0060654783.
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40165: MERTON, Thomas
The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals. Lion, 2000, 448pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0745944353.
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30943: MERTON, Thomas
The Waters of Siloe. London: Sheldon Press, new impression 1976, 377pp, Very Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0859690903. History of the Trappists and their rule.
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36031: MOREY, Adrian
David Knowles: A Memoir DLT, 1979, 120pp, ex-library copy, Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN 0232514356.
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40649: NAPIER, Michael et al [Eds]
The London Oratory. Centenary 1884-1984. Trefoil Publications, 1984, 192pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0862940451.
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39300: OLIVER, Mary
Mary Ward, 1585-1645. Sheed and Ward, 1960, 229pp, a bit of pencilling otherwise Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Unknown Binding. ISBN B0000CKS9R.
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35314: O'RILEY, Alban
Notre Mere. A record of the life and times of Soeur M Gertrude du S. Sacrement, Foundress of the first community of nuns in South Africa. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1922, 380pp, spine faded otherwise Very Good Condition, Hardcover.
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39615: PALMER, Geoffrey
Father of the Bensons Lennard Publishing, 1998, 224pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 1852911387.
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16236: PERCHENET, A.
The Revival of the Religious Life and Christian Unity. Mowbray, 1969, 436pp, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, hardback. ISBN 026465577X.
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35320: RANFT, Patricia
Women and the Religious Life in Premodern Europe. Macmillan, 1996, 320pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0333642066.
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34225: RICHARDS, Ian
Abbeys of Europe (Great buildings of the world) Hamlyn, 1968, 189pp, Colour & b/w illustrations, Very Good Condition in worn dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B0000CODNT.
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40798: ROMANO, Cesare
Abbazie e monasteri d'Europa. Guida illustrata a 480 centri di vita monastica benedettina. Milan, 1996, 312pp, illustrations, Very Good Condition, paper boards. ISBN 8804412445.
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31545: ROSS, A.
Scottish Blackfriars in the Seventeenth Century. Glasgow, 1972, 44pp, Very Good Condition, paperback.
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36347: RYAN, John
The Monastic Institute. With "The Christian Mission" by P J Cornish. (Hist. of Irish Catholicism S) Gill & Macmillan, 1972, 164pp, Very Good Condition, Paperback. ISBN 0717105571.
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36974: SEDDING, E.D. [Ed]
Godfrey Callaway, missionary in Kaffraria, 1892-1942, his life and writings. SPCK, 1945, 328pp, Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN B000IQJHQE.
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30577: SHANNON, W.H.
Silent Lamp. The Thomas Merton story. SCM Press, 1993, 304pp, covers protected by transparent adhesive film, Very Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0334023327.
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38048: SHEPHERD, W.R. [Ed]
The Benedictines of Caldey Island. Containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the Rule of the Benedictines of Caldey, S Wales (formerly of Painsthorpe, York). The Abbey, Isle of Caldey, 2nd edition 1912, 153pp, photos, folding map, Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN B00120UV8S.
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31410: SMITH, M. [Ed]
Benson of Cowley. Oxford UP, 1980, 152pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0192131125. Richard Meux Benson, 1824-1913.
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39826: SOUPA, A. [Ed]
Au desert, sur les pas de Charles de Foucauld. Paris: Editions du Cerf, Juin 2002, 34pp, colour and b/w illustrations, Very Good Condition, pamphlet. View image.
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34050: VAN DEN BOSCH, Piet
The Crosiers: They Share with Everyone (Religious Orders) Michael Glazier Books, 1993, 136pp, Very Good Condition, Hardcover. ISBN 0814658369.
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39846: VAN DOORN-HARDER, P.
Contemporary Coptic Nuns. University of South Carolina Press, 2006, 253pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Paperback. ISBN 1570030340.
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33393: VENARD, M.
The Designs of His Heart. Marie Louise Hartzer and the congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Mercier Press, 1966, 321pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B000WM970A.
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40425: VIVIAN, Tom et al [Translators]
The Life of Antony. Cistercian Publications, 2005, 290pp, covers protected by transparent adhesive film, Very Good Condition, Paperback. ISBN 0879079029.
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11738: WALTERS, C.C.
Monastic Archaeology in Egypt. Aris & Phillips, 1974, 354pp, illustrations, Very Good Condition, hardback. ISBN 0856680087.
£60.00 ($120.00, €78.00) add to shopping basket
29490: WARD, Benedicta [Ed]
The Influence of Saint Bernard. Anglican essays. Fairacres Publications, 1976, 143pp, Good Condition, paperback.
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39980: WARD, BENEDICTA
Harlots of the Desert: a Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources. Mowbray, 1987, 113pp, covers creased otherwise Good Condition, paperback. ISBN 0264667395.
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41231: WAREING, Gregory
A New Life of Father Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi. Coalville: Mount St Bernard Abbey, 1994, 42pp, Very Good Condition, pamphlet. ISBN B0012EGMAK.
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36038: WHITEHEAD, Ambrose
100 Years in Cornwall. The History of a Canon Regular Ministry. 1993, 71pp, Very Good Condition, paperback.
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31906: WILLIAMS, T.J. et al
The Park Village Sisterhood. SPCK, 1965, 155pp, illustrations, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN B0000CMKV3. The story of the first Anglican sisterhood, founded 1845.
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39853: WRIGHT, Jonathan
The Jesuits. HarperCollins, 2004, 352pp, Very Good Condition in dustjacket, Hardcover. ISBN 0002571803.
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