Having just read "The Church" supplement for Ars Magica I'm feeling an irritating disconnect when looking over the D&D Monk. The class has absolutely nothing to do with the Monastic Orders of the (European) Middle Ages. Why don't they just call the class Martial Artist?
Duh. It's always been called Monk in D&D, and Next is trying very veery hard to show how traditional it is by giving everything it's "proper" name.