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...discipline but rejected the shared observances of a religious order so that they could free themselves for work among their fellow men, a band of mystics who chose to find their enlightenment in a combative encounter with the world around them. Like religious orders before them?Benedictines, Dominicans, Franciscans???they pledged themselves to strict obedience but, like the Renaissance men they were, they also preserved a high regard for individual talent and initiative...