Cluny, Congregation of
- The earliest reform, which became practically a distinct order, within the Benedictine family.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04073a.htm

The Origins and Expansion of Monasticism
- Article rom the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
- http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/monasticism.html

Regulations of the Property of Cluny
- The Abbey of Cluny was the forerunner for a reformed and stricter monasticism. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1150Clunyprop.html

Charter of Abbey of Cluny
- From the Medieval Sourcebook.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chart-cluny.html

Cluny and Church Reform
- Article from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
- http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/cluny.html

Dominicans and Black Friars
- A set of short essays on the Dominicans from the BELIEVE website.
- http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/dominic.htm

The Monks
- A protestant perspective on the history of monasticism from Crosswalk.com
- http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory/?chapter=01-13

The Mendicant Friars
- A lecture on the place of the Mendicant Friars in the life of the medieval church. From the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
- http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/mendicant_friars.html

Francis Parkman & the Jesuits of North America
- An examination of the historical coverage the Jesuits received in North America. By John Carrigg, Professor of History at Franciscan University.
- http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/FRPARK1.TXT

The Carthusian Martyrs of London
- An article on the dissolution of a Carthusian house on the orders of Henry VIII.
- http://soli.inav.net/~jfischer/jun99/barrybossa.html

Spirituals
- A general term denoting several groups of Friars Minor, existing in the second half of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, who, in opposition to the main body of the order, pretended to observe the Rule of St. Francis in its prim
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14230a.htm

The Hospitallers of St John in the Netherlands
- Essay from the Ecole Initiative that looks at the early history of the order and its role in the Netherlands.
- http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/articles/hospneth.html

Franciscan Views on Papal and Royal Sovereignty
- An essay contending that the Franciscans had a vital role in promoting Papal authority.
- http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/GILLEEDS.html

Franciscan Order
- An article on the history of the Franciscan order and its role within the Catholic church. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm

The Franciscan Experience
- A course on the origins of the Franciscan order.
- http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/fra/FRAmain.html

Cistercian Order Of The Common Observance
- A history of the order.
- http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=4425