The Carmelites, the only contemplative religious order to have been founded in the Crusader States, first emerged as a group of hermits living on Mount Carmel,

A digest of The Carmelites (published in Darien, IL, 1976-1988, 4 volumes in 5). The title recalls a classic work in the historiography of the Carmelite Order (

An introduction to Carmelite spirituality that focuses on two major moments in the Carmelite tradition: the beginnings of the Carmelite Order in the thirteenth