The Perfection of Solitude. Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States

The Catholic Historical Review | July 1, 1996| | Copyright

The Perfection of Solitude. Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States. By Andrew Jotischky. (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1995. Pp. xviii, 198. $35.00.)

Despite the problems caused by the large gaps in the documentation, the uneven progress of archaeology, and the mythologies developed both then and since, the many facets of the unique society created by the Latins in Syria and Palestine in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries continue to attract historians. Although Peter the Venerable warned that it is better to serve God in perpetual humility and poverty, than ...

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