The Cistercian World
Subtitle: Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century (Penguin Classics)
Contributors: Pauline M. Matarasso (Translator)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: November 7, 1993
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780140433562
First sentence: The ruins of the great Cistercian houses that sprang up all over Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries stand today as silent witnesses to an Order for which silence was an integral part of the spiritual life.