MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 10: The Benedictines

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Theme: The Benedictines
* The Benedictines: The Rise of Monastic Religion
* Saint Benedict and His Rule: Guidance for Living a Good Monastic Life
* The Benedictine Revolution: Monastic Life and Transformations in the Medieval Church
* The Plan of St. Gall: A Curious and Special Puzzle
* Westminster Abbey: Royal Patronage and Political Power

Features:
* The Battle of El Salado, 1340: A Failed Betrayal
* Beer and Brewing: The 'people's beverage' in Europe's Middle Ages
* Badges and Liveries: Forms of Communal Display
* Demons, Djinns, and Devils: Legends of the Medieval Muslim World
* That's no baloney: Making your Own Medieval Sausage
* Pirates of the East: Trade, Riches, and Instability
* Wu Zetian: Consort, Regnant, and Ruler
* Book review: Beowulf: A Poem
* Book review: The Earth Transformed: An Untold History