This collection of seventeen pieces derives from a colloquium organised by the Centre of Premonstratensian Studies and Research, held in the abbey of Mondaye (Calvados) in 2002. The book starts off with three general pieces, on Premonstratensians in Europe (by the editors), on religious orders in general in the eighteenth century (by Dominique Dinet) and on the Premonstratensian Order in eighteenth-century France by Xavier Lavagne d'Ortigue. These well-grounded pieces show that, at least in terms of numbers of monks, the order, despite its internal divisions, was doing pretty well throughout the century. On the other hand, many of its houses were quite seriously in debt. But, secure in the conviction that the monastic life still attracts people, the authors have difficulty understanding why it was assailed so much in the revolutionary period. Other papers deal with monastic libraries, monastic art and architecture (with coloured illustrations) and some aspects of piety – for these topics moving outside France into Belgium, Germany and Bohemia (Strahov). Among the most interesting pieces are Leo Van Dyck's on the Premonstratensian College in Rome (dependent on Tongerlo in Belgium) and Catherine Maire's on abbot Lissoir, a disciple of Febronius who published a French translation of his work. This is certainly a useful collection, but it has unfortunate limitations: there is no bibliography or index; almost no writings published after 2002 are cited; there is only one reference to a work in English (McManners's monumental work on the French Church is not mentioned) and very few to works in German.