A series of publications of various types, ranging from syntheses to monographs, offers us the opportunity to examine the situation of monastic history, including persistent biases, instances of methodological renewal, the historical approach and monumental analysis. A better understanding of memorial rhetoric has resulted in a less naïve reading of founding stories, while a renewed interest in archives and in the process of constituting them has led to a more intelligent use of them, beyond traditional feudal history, and a new liturgical sensibility has led to the rereading of spatial settings. Furthermore, the timespan covered by these studies has spread to the Modern period, neglected until recently, and to the post-Revolution refounding of monasteries, making monachism a true research topic for the social sciences.