Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Reform and renewal
- 1 The ‘desert-place called Cîteaux’
- 2 ‘In mountain valleys and plains’: the spread of the Cistercian Order
- 3 ‘Lonely wooded places’: the Cistercians, their sites and their buildings
- 4 Unity and concord: the administration of the Order
- 5 Ora et labora: daily life in the cloister
- 6 ‘Angels of God’: Cistercian spirituality
- 7 Conversi, granges and the Cistercian economy
- 8 ‘Lanterns shining in a dark place’: the Cistercians and the world
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of Cistercian Houses mentioned in text
- General Index
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Reform and renewal
- 1 The ‘desert-place called Cîteaux’
- 2 ‘In mountain valleys and plains’: the spread of the Cistercian Order
- 3 ‘Lonely wooded places’: the Cistercians, their sites and their buildings
- 4 Unity and concord: the administration of the Order
- 5 Ora et labora: daily life in the cloister
- 6 ‘Angels of God’: Cistercian spirituality
- 7 Conversi, granges and the Cistercian economy
- 8 ‘Lanterns shining in a dark place’: the Cistercians and the world
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of Cistercian Houses mentioned in text
- General Index
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- The Cistercians in the Middle Ages , pp. viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2011