Anglo Saxon churches

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Anglo Saxon churches
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Churches

• Very few remains are readily found outside
  museums. This is partly due to the habit the
  Saxons had of building with impermanent materials
  (wood), and partly to the very nasty habits of
  the Viking raiders (they burned down everything
  in sight). Most of what remains is therefore from
  the post Viking times of the 10th and 11th
  centuries. One exception is

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• Churches - Many English churches have bits and
  pieces of earlier Saxon buildings contained
  within their walls. Literally within their walls.
  Saxon (and Roman) stones were used to build
  medieval churches. If you want to be a real
  historical detective, look for the rough hewn
  Saxon stones amid the later work. They are most
  common around windows and door openings (look for
  round or triangular headed openings). Many
  churches also have Saxon foundations supporting a
  newer structure.

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Monks

• A monk, in modern parlance also referred to as a
  "monastic", is a person who practices religious
  studies, the conditioning of mind and body in
  favour of the spirit, and does so living either
  alone or with any number of like-minded people,
  whilst always maintaining some degree of physical
  separation from those not sharing the same
  purpose. The concept is ancient and can be seen
  in many religions and in philosophy.
• In the Greek language the term can apply to men
  or women but in modern English it is in use only
  for men, while nun is used for female monastics.
• Although the term monarchs-monk is of Christian
  origin, in the English language it tends to be
  used analogously or loosely also for ascetics
  from other religious or philosophical
  backgrounds.
• The term "monk" is generic. In some religious or
  philosophical traditions it therefore may be
  considered interchangeable with other generic
  terms such as ascetic. However, being generic, it
  is not interchangeable with terms that denote
  particular kinds of monk, such as cenobite,
  hermit, anchorite, hesychast, solitary.