The Cistercian Evolution : : The Invention of a Religious Order in Twelfth-Century Europe / / Constance Hoffman Berman.
According to the received history, the Cistercian order was founded in Cîteaux, France, in 1098 by a group of Benedictine monks who wished for a stricter community. They sought a monastic life that called for extreme asceticism, rejection of feudal revenues, and manual labor for monks. Their third l...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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