Monasteries of the World: The Rise and Development of the Monastic Tradition - Christopher N. L. Brooke - 1982

Title: Monasteries of the World: The Rise and Development of the Monastic Tradition
Author: Christopher N. L. Brooke (1927–2015), a renowned British medieval historian and professor at Cambridge University.
Photographer: Wim Swaan
Cover Photograph: Saint-Martin-du-Canigou abbey perched in the Pyrenees mountains of Southern France.
Publisher: Crescent Books, NY, (1982), Distributed by Crown Publishers
Edition: 1st HC Reprint edition, ABCDEFGH; DJ VG price clipped
ISBN: 0-517-20547-5
Content: An oversized coffee-table book featuring detailed historical commentary on monastic life, architecture, and art from early Christian desert hermits through Western medieval orders