The Book of the First Monks is a medieval Christian work in the contemplative and eremetic

Hermit

A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...

 tradition of the Carmelites. It is one of the most important documents of the Order, because it shaped many of the Saints from the Carmelite Order in the basic spirituality of the first Hermits. It is reported to have dated back before the Carmelite Rule by some medieval Carmelites, although this is disputed due to lack of evidence.