The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
By: Janet Burton and Julie Kerr
Contributors: Kerr, Julie
Series: Monastic orders; Monastic orders
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781843836674
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders; Cistercians; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Reform and renewal; title: The 'desert-place called Cîteaux'; title: 'In mountain valleys and plains' : the spread of the Cistercian order; title: 'Lonely wooded places' : the Cistercians, their sites and their buildings; title: Unity and concord : the administration of the order; title: "Ora et labora" : daily life in the cloister; title: 'Angels of God' : Cistercian spirituality; title: "Conversi," granges and the Cistercian economy; title: 'Lanterns shining in a dark place' : the Cistercians and the world.