History of Monasteries and Cluny Abbey - Bedtime Story, Sleep and Relaxation ASMR

Tonight's episode takes us on a historical tour of monasticism, especially Catholic monasteries. I get that the topic of monasticism may sound at the same time random and particularly arid. But bear with me: I promise that if you are not familiar with it, you will discover a world of ideas, social experiments, spirituality, or controversies, that you did not realize you needed to know about. Give it a shot!
You will learn what anchorites and cenobites are, how Christian monasticism appeared in the Third and Fourth Centuries AD, how monasteries became economic and intellectual centers in medieval times, what the rule of Saint Benedict is, and some of the most famous orders, such as the Benedictines, Cistercians and Trappists, Carthusians, Franciscans, Dominicans or Carmelites.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Monasticism and Modernity
6:09 Self Promotion
7:11 Early Christianity and Anchorites
18:13 Cenobitism
22:39 Islamic and Protestant Criticisms
30:32 Converting the Pagans
36:29 Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia
43:41 Preservation and Transmission of Knowledge
47:18 The Age of Cluny Abbey
56:35 Carthusians, Cistercians, Trappists
1:05:12 Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites