Constitutiones Hirsaugienses
work by William of Hirsau
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- In William Of Hirsau
His Constitutiones Hirsaugienses (“Constitutions of Hirsau”) went beyond his model, establishing a stricter discipline in common prayer and silence. In 1077 William instituted a new category of monks, the fratres exteriores (literally, “external brothers,” i.e., lay brothers), to perform manual tasks in the monastery; these monks…
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