Illustrious Authors of the Order of St. Benedict - Hardcoverby Johannes Trithemius (Author), Robert Nixon (Translator) The love of learning and the cultivation of a literary culture are central to the charism of Benedictine monasticism, and the Order of St. Benedict has produced countless illustrious authors over its fifteen centuries of existence. Indeed, throughout the Middle Ages, Benedictine monasteries functioned as the primary repositories of knowledge and the leading centers of learning for all Western