| A wise combination of the communal and solitary elements of monasticism, Carthusians lived in separate cells with more private than common prayer. |
| The latter section contains essays on such topics as Dominicans in the 14th century, how Nicholas of Cusa treated lay piety, and Carthusians as public intellectuals. |
| The Carthusians were bled five times, and the Dominicans four times in the year. |
| It was thought that women could not live as strict an eremitic life as men, and so women Carthusians lived a more coenobitical life until 1970 or so. |
| A few, including eighteen Carthusians, refused and were killed to the last man. |
| The entry on the rosary links its spread to Dominicans when, in fact, the medieval Carthusians were largely responsible for its popularity. |
