a traditional monastic post-lunch nap
June 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
a traditional monastic post-lunch nap
One of England’s best-preserved monastic ruins, Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, 1131
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One of England’s best-preserved monastic ruins, Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, 1131
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
about 1 hour of monastic ooki studies
September 22, 2024 at 6:55 AM
about 1 hour of monastic ooki studies
its #RuinedPrioryFriday & there's this curious quartet of monastic sites in a crescent around Shrewsbury which deserves a bit of a thread
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February 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
its #RuinedPrioryFriday & there's this curious quartet of monastic sites in a crescent around Shrewsbury which deserves a bit of a thread
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watching the monastic menagerie in pan & scan
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
watching the monastic menagerie in pan & scan
*reading an illuminated monastic parchment* That's bait.
Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 AM
*reading an illuminated monastic parchment* That's bait.
One thing I really like this book (Friendship and Community:; The Monastic Experience 350-1250 by Brian Patrick McGuire) is that the author analyzes monastic rules as created to preserve the integrity of the community, not as authoritarian and arbitrary.
Yeah I'm reading a book that analyzes the personal relationships of various Christian writers via their letters. Author concludes while e.g. Augustine was a complicated man who still maintained several lifelong friendships, Jerome really was an asshole who drove away almost everyone he got close to.
But in terms of maladaptive behaviors this is small potatoes compared to e.g. St Jerome hitting himself with a rock.
September 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
One thing I really like this book (Friendship and Community:; The Monastic Experience 350-1250 by Brian Patrick McGuire) is that the author analyzes monastic rules as created to preserve the integrity of the community, not as authoritarian and arbitrary.
Not horny baristas! Coffee should only be prepared and served by those who have undertaken a monastic vow of celibacy.
June 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Not horny baristas! Coffee should only be prepared and served by those who have undertaken a monastic vow of celibacy.
Augustinians getting a pope five centuries after they got Luther is a monastic example of a Grand Slam.
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Augustinians getting a pope five centuries after they got Luther is a monastic example of a Grand Slam.
is it that choosing to live life at a monastic disconnect is itself a form of privilege and bias?
spitballing here
spitballing here
A NYT journalist has in their bio that they don’t attend protests, advocate for causes, or donate to groups in order to remain impartial and something about that rubs me the wrong way.
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
is it that choosing to live life at a monastic disconnect is itself a form of privilege and bias?
spitballing here
spitballing here
Getting a monastic little writing desk set up even
May 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Getting a monastic little writing desk set up even
And you may be asking, "wait, monastic sign language?"
Well, yeah - some monastic orders were (are! e.g. Trappists, who are an early modern order) completely silent, but others required silence in specific places or times.
But you might still need to eat, so you needed a standard sign for bread!
Well, yeah - some monastic orders were (are! e.g. Trappists, who are an early modern order) completely silent, but others required silence in specific places or times.
But you might still need to eat, so you needed a standard sign for bread!
May 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
And you may be asking, "wait, monastic sign language?"
Well, yeah - some monastic orders were (are! e.g. Trappists, who are an early modern order) completely silent, but others required silence in specific places or times.
But you might still need to eat, so you needed a standard sign for bread!
Well, yeah - some monastic orders were (are! e.g. Trappists, who are an early modern order) completely silent, but others required silence in specific places or times.
But you might still need to eat, so you needed a standard sign for bread!
being "online" is a monastic order
September 7, 2024 at 3:35 PM
being "online" is a monastic order
converting to catholicism and forming an order of monastic battle nuns. we've got a few months until the antichrist arrives
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
converting to catholicism and forming an order of monastic battle nuns. we've got a few months until the antichrist arrives
I've just been reading an amazing article on medieval Greenlandic monasticism by @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social: rebeccajanemorgan.medium.com/monastic-ord...
Monastic orders in medieval Greenland
A history of myths, mysteries, and monasteries amidst Greenland’s fjords.
rebeccajanemorgan.medium.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've just been reading an amazing article on medieval Greenlandic monasticism by @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social: rebeccajanemorgan.medium.com/monastic-ord...
The round tower at Glendalough monastic site in County Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Dating back to 11th Century CE, stands roughly 30m tall and is constructed from mica-slate and granite. Its doorway sits about 3.5m above ground level.
Dating back to 11th Century CE, stands roughly 30m tall and is constructed from mica-slate and granite. Its doorway sits about 3.5m above ground level.
December 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The round tower at Glendalough monastic site in County Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Dating back to 11th Century CE, stands roughly 30m tall and is constructed from mica-slate and granite. Its doorway sits about 3.5m above ground level.
Dating back to 11th Century CE, stands roughly 30m tall and is constructed from mica-slate and granite. Its doorway sits about 3.5m above ground level.
For some additional perspective: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and its related monastic buildings and the monastic complex of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra UNESCO world heritage site is even older than Notre-Dame de Paris. Russia's deliberate savage attack on this site is an attack on the heritage of humanity.
June 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
For some additional perspective: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and its related monastic buildings and the monastic complex of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra UNESCO world heritage site is even older than Notre-Dame de Paris. Russia's deliberate savage attack on this site is an attack on the heritage of humanity.
The remains of the monastic church at Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire. The abbey was founded in 1132 as a daughter house of Clairvaux Abbey by Walter Espec. #MedievalMonday #RievaulxAbbey #Yorkshire
March 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The remains of the monastic church at Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire. The abbey was founded in 1132 as a daughter house of Clairvaux Abbey by Walter Espec. #MedievalMonday #RievaulxAbbey #Yorkshire
I'm starting a monastic order goddammit
September 15, 2023 at 11:54 PM
I'm starting a monastic order goddammit
Tfw you realise a monastic document you’re interested in was probably last read by William Dugdale. Say what you like about monastic history, it’s not exactly a crowded field…
December 12, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Tfw you realise a monastic document you’re interested in was probably last read by William Dugdale. Say what you like about monastic history, it’s not exactly a crowded field…
Not my window, but a very old window from the 6th century. Glendalough Monastic City.
December 20, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Not my window, but a very old window from the 6th century. Glendalough Monastic City.
The 12th century lead font of Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire - the only font of a monastic church to survive the Reformation. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #DorchesterAbbey
August 21, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The 12th century lead font of Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire - the only font of a monastic church to survive the Reformation. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #DorchesterAbbey