Warriors and Monks: Pons, Abbot of Cluny

by Michael A. Ponzio

Book Overview

Pons, born to a noble family in the south of France in 1075, is given to the Church at the age of four. He becomes a Benedictine monk and thrives in the monastery as a devotee of the Order's rules, working, praying, and studying.

Reaching adulthood, he falls in love with Primavera, a woman in the nearby village, but the Church's renewed enforcement of celibacy endangers their relationship.

It is a lawless time when people of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734972300
• ISBN13: 9781734972306
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Trinacria
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"