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  Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though these pedigrees were primarily transmitted via an oral tradition, written pedigrees of Arabian horses can be found that date to the 14th century.
During the late Middle Ages the Carthusian monks of southern Spain, themselves forbidden to ride, bred horses which nobles throughout Europe prized; the lineage survives to this day in the Andalusian horse or caballo de pura raza espanol.
The modern landscape of breed designation presents a complicated picture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horse   (5811 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Andalusian Horse
Its ancestors are the Iberian (Spanish) horse and the Barb horse which was brought to Spain by invading Moors.
It was bred principally by Carthusian Monks in the late Middle Ages.
The monks were superb horse breeders and trainers, and kept the blood of their horses quite pure.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/andalusian/index.htm   (485 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blessed Peter Canisius
In 1536 Peter was sent to Cologne, where he studied arts, civil law, and theology at the university; he spent a part of 1539 at the University of Louvain, and in 1540 received the degree of Master of Arts at Cologne.
Nicolaus van Esche was his spiritual adviser, and he was on terms of friendship with such staunch Catholics as Georg of Skodborg (the expelled Archbishop of Lund), Johann Gropper (canon of the cathedral), Eberhard Billick (the Carmelite monk), Justus Lanspergius, and other Carthusian monks.
Although his father desired him to marry a wealthy young woman, on 25 February, 1540 he pledged himself to celibacy.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11756c.htm   (5145 words)

  
 Heritage Flower Farm Current Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Small, deep pink flowers sit atop wiry stems 16" tall.
Clusterhead pink may have come into gardens with the Carthusian monks in the 1100's.
Petite vibrant pink or white flowers bloom in May and June.
www.heritageflowerfarm.com /catalog.html   (12796 words)

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