Nevertheless, the religious houses of England and Wales – with the notable exceptions of those of the Carthusians, the Observant Franciscans, and the Bridgettine nuns and monks – had long ceased to play a leading role in the spiritual life of the country, and other than in these three orders, observance of strict monastic rules was partial at best.

The exceptional spiritual discipline of the Carthusian, Observant Franciscan and Bridgettine orders had, over the previous century, resulted in their being singled out for royal favour ; in particular with houses benefitting from endowments confiscated by the Crown from the suppressed alien priories ; otherwise in this latter period, donations and legacies had tended to go instead towards parish churches, university colleges, grammar schools and collegiate churches, which suggests greater public approbation of such purposes.

Westminster Abbey, which had been retained as a cathedral, reverted to being a monastery ; while the communities of the Bridgettine nuns and of the Observant Franciscans, which had gone into exile in the reign of Henry VIII, were able to return to their former houses at Syon and Greenwich respectively.

The Order arose in 1520 when Matteo da Bascio, an Observant Franciscan friar native to the Italian region of the Marches, said he had been inspired by God with the idea that the manner of life led by the friars of his day was not the one which their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, had envisaged.

In addition to the monks, Netley was home to 29 servants and officials of the abbey, plus two Franciscan friars of the strict Observant part of that order who had been put into the abbot's custody by the king, presumably for opposing his religious policies.

She was named Mary and christened three days later with great ceremony at the Church of Observant Friars.

Observant Jews spend the entire day in the synagogue, sometimes with a short break in the afternoon, reciting prayers from a special holiday prayerbook called a " Machzor ".

At this time, possibly in Wittenberg, he began translating the New Testament, completing it in 1525, with assistance from Observant friar William Roy.

In 1403 he joined the Observant branch of the Order of Friars Minor, with a strict observance of Francis ' Rule.

Observant Jews recite three times a day in the Amidah " Favor us with knowledge, understanding and discretion that come from you.

The most important of these are: the Capuchins, founded in 1525 by Matteo Bassi and established in 1619 by Paul V as a separate order ; the Discalced Franciscans, founded as a specially strict Observantist congregation at Belalcázar in Spain by Juan de Puebla toward the end of the 15th century, compelled by Leo X to unite with the regular Observantists, but soon afterward reestablished as an independent branch by Juan de Guadelupe ( d. 1580 ), and subsequently obtaining some importance in Spain and Portugal ; the Alcantarines, a very strict congregation founded in 1540 by Peter of Alcántara, and distinguished by remarkable achievements in the mission field ; the Italian Riformati, founded about 1525 near Rieti by two Spanish Observantists, and becoming comparatively widespread from the beginning of the 17th century through the favour of Pope Clement VIII and Pope Urban VIII ; the French Recollects, originating in Cluys in 1570 and, more successfully at Rabastens in 1583, formed into a distinct congregation by Clement VIII in 1602, and important in later missionary history, especially in Canada ; the German-Belgian Recollects, formed in the 17th century, as the Observant provinces in Germany and Belgium accepted stricter statutes and took the name Recollects during and after the Thirty Years ' War.

The later group disappeared as a distinct group when their Observance among the friars was ended, with the friars being merged by the Holy See into the wider Observant branch of the First Order.

John, together with his teacher, Bernardine, his colleague, James of the Marche, and Albert Berdini of Sarteano, are considered the four great pillars of the Observant reform among the Friars Minor.

Observant married Jewish women, for example, are required to cover their hair, often employing scarves, known as tichels or snoods, in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzniut.

For critics, Hardy has had no poetic periods -- one does not speak of early Hardy or late Hardy, or of the London or Max Gate period, but simply of Hardy, as of a poetic monolith.

Athenian democracy had many critics, both ancient and modern.

" He later goes on to claim that the anti-globalization movement has failed to attract widespread support from poor and working people from the Third World, and that its " strongest and most uncomprehending critics had always been the workers whose liberation from employment they were trying to secure.

The withdrawal had many critics as well as supporters.

Although no Soviet critics had read the banned novel, Doctor Zhivago was pilloried in the State-owned press.

Coronation Street had little competition within its prime time slot, and certain critics suggested that the programme had grown complacent, moving away from socially viable storylines and again presenting a dated view of working-class life.

Also known as the " Independents " or " Intransigents ", the group which at times included Degas, Monet, Sisley, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Renoir, and Berthe Morisot, had been receiving the wrath of the critics for several years.

The translation, as literary critics claim, was not based on Cervantes ' text but mostly upon a French work by Filleau de Saint-Martin and upon notes which Thomas Shelton had written previously.

Where the KMT had been guilty of Chinese chauvinism, the critics charged, the DPP might offer nothing more as a remedy than Hoklo chauvinism.

Vertov clearly intended an active relationship with his audience in the series — in the final segment he includes contact information — but by the 14th episode the series had become so experimental that some critics dismissed Vertov's efforts as " insane ".

It was also an attempt to take Morris back from the critics who for more than 50 years had emphasised his art and downplayed his politics.

While his career had ended without fanfare, his American and later German works were championed by the critics of the Cahiers du cinéma.

Kaldor later wrote that Hayek's Prices and Production had produced " a remarkable crop of critics " and that the total number of pages in British and American journals dedicated to the resulting debate " could rarely have been equalled in the economic controversies of the past.

Furthermore, critics complained that he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nation's economic disasters — depressions and strikes — in his second term.

By the Victorian era Gothic had ceased to be the dominant genre and was dismissed by most critics ( in fact the form's popularity as an established genre had already begun to erode with the success of the historical romance popularised by Sir Walter Scott ).

The critics felt that Sullivan's work in Iolanthe had taken a step forward.

In spite of the loving support of the series by its fans, the program had never been a favorite of television critics or members of the more high brow society.

A significant example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics.

Valentine ( 2001 ), notably starring David Boreanaz, had some success at the box office, but was derided by critics for being formulaic and relying on foregone horror film conventions.

" After the public's response to Bacall's debut performance in To Have and Have Not at the urging of director Howard Hawks production partner Charles K. Feldman, scenes were re-written to heighten the ' insolent ' quality that had intrigued critics and audiences in that film.

" In March 1969, he had a meeting with one of the main critics of Humanae Vitae, Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens.

The public, at first hostile, gradually came to believe that the Impressionists had captured a fresh and original vision, even if the art critics and art establishment disapproved of the new style.

" In 1947, he took eleven songs George had written but never used, provided them with new lyrics, and incorporated them into the Betty Grable film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim and he later wrote comic lyrics for Billy Wilder's movie Kiss Me, Stupid -- although most critics believe his final major work was for the 1954 Judy Garland film, A Star Is Born ).

Film critics have often noted De Palma's penchant for unusual camera angles and compositions throughout his career.

" It has been noted that British punk rock critics of disco were very supportive of the pro-black / anti-racist reggae genre.

Thomas ' early poetry was noted for its verbal density, alliteration, sprung rhythm and internal rhyme, and he was described by some critics as having being influenced by English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.

This correlation between the French revolutionary Terror and the " terrorist school " of writing represented by Radcliffe and Lewis was noted by contemporary critics of the genre Sade considered The Monk to be superior to the work of Ann Radcliffe.

Some critics called Booth " the handsomest man in America " and a " natural genius " and noted his having an " astonishing memory "; others were mixed in their estimation of his acting.

Modern critics have cast doubt on the accuracy of Sharp's transcriptions and noted important omissions and embellishments.

* Several literary critics have noted the influence of phrenology ( and physiognomy ) in Edgar Allan Poe's fiction.

Although Orbison is counted as a rock and roll pioneer, and has been cited by numerous critics as one of the genre's most influential musicians, his style was noted for how it departed from the norm.

This line of interpretation suggests that a more sympathetic reading of Whorf would lead to a greater understanding of the subtleties in Whorf's use of terminology and consequently to resolving some of the apparent self contradication noted by Whorf's critics.

" However, Gellar's performance was praised by a number of critics, DVD Talk Review noted that " her character here has the deepest emotional arc, and she hits all the right notes.

However, critics differ on this interpretation, with the absence of modern urban amenities such as automobiles being noted.

As a consequence, his work often receives mixed reviews from critics, some of whom have noted a tendency toward grandiosity and obviousness in some of his work.

Some critics have noted the irony of an Italian director who could not speak English, and had never even visited the United States, let alone the American Old West, almost single-handedly redefining the typical vision of the American cowboy.

Kazan's critics included his friend and collaborator, the noted playwright Arthur Miller, who had written the original screenplay – titled The Hook – for the film that would become On the Waterfront.

While some of his books never reached a finished state, some of those – such as Les employés ( The Government Clerks, 1841 ) – are nonetheless noted by critics.

Other critics have likewise noted his " strong commitment to the social and social psychological — rather than the purely political — implications of drama ".

The U. S. forces estimated they had killed at least 500 fighters over the duration of the battle, however journalists later noted that only 23 bodies were found-and critics suggested that after a couple days, the operation " was more driven by media obsession, than military necessity ".

It should be noted that critics of the WRSTC maintain that these standards are not, in fact, a set of standards that all member organizations must live up to, but are, in reality, just a " worst common denominator " of the standards that had been already independently adopted by the member organizations.

Eastwood's acting was noted by critics, but was overshadowed by Bridges who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Specifically critics pointed to shortcomings such as noted side effects, the procedure being used as a form of abuse, and uneven application of ECT.

" Moreover, film critics noted similarities between Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ) and The Last Man on Earth ( 1964 ).

Film critics noted that the British film 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) and its sequel 28 Weeks Later both feature a rabies-type plague ravaging Great Britain, analogous to I Am Legend.

Coaches quickly became as fashionable as sports cars in a later century ; social critics, especially Puritan commentators, noted the " diverse great ladies " who rode " up and down the countryside " in their new coaches.

In his works Frye noted that some critics tend to embrace an ideology, and to judge literary pieces on the basis of their adherence to such ideology.

The phrase was derived from Sturgeon's observation that while science fiction was often derided for its low quality by critics, it could be noted that the majority of examples of works in other fields could equally be seen to be of low quality and that science fiction was thus no different in that regard to other art.