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If we ask the question, when was the Benadictine Order formed, then
the 1st simple strict answers is: never, or not yet. The
history of Benedictine communities has been the story of a long
struggle to preserve the independence which was tradionally
regarded as an essential mark of Benedictine monachism.
900-1050 - monastic influence rose to its peak in the
political + social life of Western Europe
- between 1050+1150 the numerical strencth of the monastic
world increased but the place of the monks in the life of
the Church + the wold did not grow in proportion.
- conflict - spostolic vs angelic life
11-12th C activity vs prayer
1) The Augustinian Canons
2) The Cistercians (1097)
3( The Knights - 1118 first house of Templars found in Jerusalem
4) Abbenses + prioresses
5) St. Norbert + St. Francis - the Premonstratensiens + the Friars
(12th C) (13th C)

The Augsburg printer Hans Otmar was active in that city
from 1502 to 1514 after 1st having been established in Rentlingen
+ Tubingen. His son Silvan Otmar operated a printing
press in Augsburg from 1513 to 1539. Silvan took a decided
interest in printing Reformation treatise: including many of
Luther's writings
THe language of the Book of COmmon Prayer influenced Englishe
press for 4 centuries. It also affected attitudes + ways of
thinking. The 1st official prayer book of the Episcapal
Church printed in 1790 was based on it.