Sentences with phrase «kept in the monasteries»

Charges of personal corruption were added — for example, that «mistresses are kept in the monasteries.»

Later on, pugs were spread to other parts of Asia with wandering Buddhist monks who brought them to Tibet, where pugs were kept in monasteries.

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Isaias kept the wealth, built a monastery, took in some brothers, and welcomed the poor, setting three or four tables on Saturday and Sunday.

In Europe it was the monasteries which kept alive what learning there was in the Dark Ages, and as the Middle Ages emerged, there grew out of these the first of the great European universitieIn Europe it was the monasteries which kept alive what learning there was in the Dark Ages, and as the Middle Ages emerged, there grew out of these the first of the great European universitiein the Dark Ages, and as the Middle Ages emerged, there grew out of these the first of the great European universities.

The Prior expects to leave soon, and in any case I can not endure the daily moaning of the people whom I must remind to pay their rents», the income from which originally used to help keep up the monastery.

Even if the idea of shaving your head and joining a monastery high up in the mountains isn't your idea of fun, there's a good reason to learn to relax: it's great for your mood and it can keep you looking lean.

In Kiev you can keep yourself busy visiting churches, monasteries, art galleries and museums.

Beyond his extensive Rolodex — he's Walt's grandnephew and son of former Walt Disney Company executive Roy — Disney hasn't advanced much as a director since his abysmal 2000 monastery drama A Question Of Faith, but he keeps the pot boiling under a true story that, at a minimum, succeeds in stoking righteous liberal outrage.

In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign — and about a time - defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ageIn city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign — and about a time - defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the agein monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign — and about a time - defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the agein letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign — and about a time - defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the agein secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign — and about a time - defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.

In the 12th century, many church dignitaries were interested in hunting with these dogs, and most monasteries kept carefully bred packIn the 12th century, many church dignitaries were interested in hunting with these dogs, and most monasteries kept carefully bred packin hunting with these dogs, and most monasteries kept carefully bred packs.

The breed declined in quality and numbers after the imperial hunts were ended, but a few pure descendants were kept in isolated monasteries and wealthy households.

Lhasa Apso Facts History & Characteristics Originating hundreds of years ago in the Himalayan Mountains in Tibet, the Lhasa Apso was considered a guardian breed who was kept to protect the inner household of royalty and the hallowed walls of Buddhist monasteries.

The contents of the royal tombs were taken to Tarragona's cathedral for safe keeping, and they were restored to their original resting place in 1946, shortly after the Cistercian Abbot General brought four monks from Italy to revivify the monastery.

One fifth of the world's Renaissance art is kept and displayed in Florence's museums, galleries, churches, monasteries and palaces; many in the Basilica Santa Croce, burial place of some of Italy's most celebrated icons including Galileo, Machiavelli and Michelangelo, and as many as 1,700 masterpieces in the world - famous Uffi zi Gallery.

If we look at what children have been exposed to during the course of time: e.g. child ritual sacrifice by e.g. the Incas, routine oblation of children to monasteries in the Middle Ages, tight swaddling to restrict the infant, severe child beating because of the common belief that a child was a container of evil and therefore must kept down, daily enemas to verify that the child wasn't possessed, child labour and child slavery etc. - authoritarian parenting can actually be seen as a step up the evolutionary ladder of child rearing.