The kings of old believed that their experiences, struggles, and hopes were part of a divine pattern which would recur until the end of days — and were thus of eternal relevance. When William I, Duke of Aquitaine, founded the Abbey of Cluny in 910, he spoke of his desire to transform the “temporal goods conferred upon me” into “lasting” ones. He gave generously to the Abbey. His only request was that the monks should pray unceasingly for him and his generations.