The spirit and mission of the Cistercian Order
Subtitle: comprising the life of S. Robert of Newminster, and the life of S. Robert of Knaresborough : with an account of the foundation of Fountains Abbey
Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CHAPTERS.; title: S. ROBERT OF NEWMINSTER.; title: I. EARLY DAYS OF S. ROBERT — HE BECOMES A BENEDICTINE MONK, 5; title: II. THE ERA IN WHICH S. ROBERT LIVED, 21; title: III. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT S. MARY'S OF YORK, 34; title: IV. FOUNDATION OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY — ROBERT ENTERS THE CISTERCIAN ORDER, 51; title: V. THE CISTERCIAN IDEA, 67; title: VI. INFLUENCE OF FOUNTAINS — FOUNDATION OF NEWMINSTER, 83; title: VII. ROBERT'S LOVE OF SOULS — LIFE OF THE CLOISTER, 94; title: VIII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ASCETICISM, 108; title: IX. MISSION OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER, 121; title: X. THE FRIENDS OF S. ROBERT — HIS DEATH AND ASSUMPTION TO BLISS, 135; title: XI. DECADENCE OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER, 147; title: XII. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, 163; title: S. ROBERT OF KNARESBROUGH.; title: I. ROBERT'S CHILDHOOD — HE JOINS THE CISTERCIAN ORDER, 171; title: II. ROBERT TURNS HERMIT — HIS CAVE AND CHAPEL AT KNARESBROUGH, 180; title: III. ROBERT'S WAY OF LIFE — HE GOES TO SPOFFORTH — HIS VISION AND RETURN TO KNARESBROUGH, 187; title: IV. ROBERT'S MIRACLES — VISIT OF KING JOHN— ROBERT'S DEATH AND BURIAL, 196