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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Clairvaux
In 1116 twelve monks from Clairvaux installed themselves at Trois-Fontaines in the Diocese of Chalons, under the guidance of Roger, one of the first converts St. Bernard by his eloquence had attracted from the celebrated school of Stephen of Vitry.
Clairvaux became the principal seat of the strict Observance.
Clairvaux became the property of the State, and during the Restoration its buildings were converted into a prison.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03798c.htm   (561 words)

  
 Encyclopédie :: encyclopedia : Prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Autrefois la prison servait également à enfermer les malades mentaux de manière à les isoler de la société.
Contrairement à la prison qui établit une peine à la mesure de la faute, il s'agissait de phénomènes d'exclusion où les populations déviantes (délinquants, fous, malades, orphelins, vagabonds, prostituées...) étaient enfermées pêle-mêle en dehors du regard des honnêtes gens sans autre ambition que de les faire disparaître.
Selon cette conception marxiste ou libertaire, la prison défendrait les intérêts économiques et politiques des classes supérieures.
www.encyclopedie.cc /Prison   (1929 words)

  
 The Story of Kropotkin's Life
At Clairvaux conditions were fairly good for the political prisoners,--no compulsory labor, a chance to study and write, to buy their own food and wine, and to work outdoors in a garden--a privilege secured for politicals by Clemenceau, They organized classes for study among the prisoners.
His Prisons and their Moral Influence on Prisoners, (pages 219-235 [in the printed version]) was chiefly the result of his observations and experience at Clairvaux.
Black banners were carried demanding "the release from prison of the friends and comrades of Kropotkin." At the grave, speeches were made by Emma Goldman, by representatives of the released prisoners, of the Tolstoians, of scientific and labor organizations, of the students, of the Social Revolutionists, and of the Communist Party.
dwardmac.pitzer.edu /Anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/revpamphlets/life.htm   (5272 words)

  
 Everything You Need To Know About the Number 666
But for some reason it was ``lost'' in the Vatican for 400 years, only to be `discovered' in 1595 A.D. Malachy's predictions reputedly were made in 1139 while he was on a pilgrimage to the Vatican, where he was appointed papal legate for Ireland.
Napoleon, upon hearing of the new pope dispatched another order to take pope Pius VII captive, and he too was held in prison, to remind the world that the papacy is ``dead.'' He was released only after the death of Napoleon.
But since France had taken Pope Pius VI prisoner in 1798, she lost her power and had been driven into the wilderness.
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 Medieval Philosophy
But for a Christian this resurrection was something to look forward to; it was a good thing.
This would be incomprehensible from a Platonic viewpoint, for which "the body is the prison of the soul," and for which the task of the philosopher is to "learn how to die" so that he might be free from the distracting and corrupting influences of the body.
His affair with Héloise and his consequent castration are the stuff of legend, and his controversy with the much more traditional Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) has only enhanced his reputation among those who have viewed him (with considerable oversimplification) as a champion of reason over authority.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/medieval-philosophy   (9039 words)

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