The Cistercians in the Middle Ages

Janet Burton; Julie Kerr

doi:10.1017/9781846159664

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Janet Burton, Julie Kerr

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: February 2023
Print publication year:: 2011
Online ISBN:: 9781846159664
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846159664

Series:: Monastic Orders
Subjects:: Religion, Religion: General Interest

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A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-vii

List of abbreviations
pp viii-viii

Introduction: Reform and renewal
pp 1-8

1 - The ‘desert-place called Cîteaux’
pp 9-20

2 - ‘In mountain valleys and plains’: the spread of the Cistercian Order
pp 21-55

3 - ‘Lonely wooded places’: the Cistercians, their sites and their buildings
pp 56-81

4 - Unity and concord: the administration of the Order
pp 82-102

5 - Ora et labora: daily life in the cloister
pp 103-124

6 - ‘Angels of God’: Cistercian spirituality
pp 125-148

7 - Conversi, granges and the Cistercian economy
pp 149-188

8 - ‘Lanterns shining in a dark place’: the Cistercians and the world
pp 189-202

Glossary
pp 203-208

Bibliography
pp 209-230

Index of Cistercian Houses mentioned in text
pp 231-235

General Index
pp 236-244

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