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- It charts the geographical spread of the Order from Burgundy to the peripheries of medieval Europe, examining key topics such as convents, liturgy, art, agriculture, spiritual life and education, providing an insight into Bernard of Clairvaux's life, work and sense of self, as well as the lives of other key Cistercian figures.
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It charts the geographical spread of the Order from Burgundy to the peripheries of medieval Europe, examining key topics such as convents, liturgy, art, agriculture, spiritual life and education, providing an insight into Bernard of Clairvaux9s life, work and sense of self, as well as the lives of other key Cistercian o gures.
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It charts the geographical spread of the Order from Burgundy to the peripheries of medieval Europe, examining key topics such as convents, liturgy, art, agriculture, spiritual life and education, providing an insight into Bernard of Clairvaux's life, work and sense of self, as well as the lives of other key Cistercian figures.
This chapter traces three major themes that have influenced the scholarship on the topic, namely the idea of the ‘order’, the role of women within it, and the notion of Cistercian decline or corruption.
Over the half century that followed the way of life that developed there spread to all parts of Christendom, and the Cistercian Order became a powerful congregation. This book seeks to explore the dynamics of the phenomenon that was the Cistercian Order. But Cîteaux was not unique; indeed, it did not appear from nowhere.
Mar 28, 2018 · Extensive history and context for early monasticism to the 6th century, and for the Rule beyond the 6th century. Appendices by other scholars discuss the Rule’s content (liturgy, discipline, Scripture). A detailed Latin concordance, thematic and scriptural indices. Fulton, Rachel.
A Benedictine introduction to the history and current state of both autonomous branches of the Cistercians: the Order of Citeaux and the Trappists.
