TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rapley,Elizabeth
TI  - The Lord as their portion: the story of the religious orders and how they shaped our world 
SN  - 9780802865885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BX 2461.3 .R37 2011
U1  - 271.009 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Monasticism and religious orders
KW  - History
N1  - Includes index; The beginnings of Christian monasticism -- 1200-1500 : the Middle Ages -- The sixteenth century : the age of reformation -- The seventeenth century : the age of confessionalism -- The eighteenth century : "a time to break down" -- The nineteenth century : "a time to build up"
ER  -