This Book Should Prove Especially Useful In Convents And Novitiates, Where The Study Of Benedictine History Has Long Been Hampered By The Lack Of An Overall Treatment In English. Oblates Of St. Benedict And Students Of Church History Will Also Find It Enlightening. This Translation Brings The Inspiring Account Of The Monastic Form Of Life For Women And The Subsequent Role Played By The Rule Of St. Benedict Up To The Time Of Publication.