The Cambridge Companion to the Cistercian Order
ISBN: 9781107001312 | 1107001315
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 1/7/2013
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This volume presents the composite character of the Cistercian Order in its unity and diversity, detailing the white monks' history from the Middle Ages to the present day. 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 Companion offers an accessible synthesis of... MORE
| Introduction: withdrawal and engagement | |
| History | |
| Foundation and twelfth century | |
| The Cistercian Order, 1200-1600 | |
| The Cistercian Order since 1600 | |
| Structure and Materiality | |
| Cistercian centres and peripheries | |
| The Cistercian community | |
| Cistercian constitutions and the General Chapter | |
| Cistercian nuns | ... MORE |
| Cistercian agriculture and economies Constance | |
| Cistercian art | |
| Cistercian libraries and scriptoria | |
| Cistercian architecture or architecture of the Cistercians? | |
| Religious Mentality | |
| Bernard of Clairvaux: his first and greatest miracle was himself | |
| Bernard of Clairvaux: work and self | |
| Early Cistercian writers | |
| The spiritual teaching of the early Cistercians | |
| Cistercians in dialogue: bringing the world into the monastery | |
| Cistercian preaching Beverly | |
| Cistercian liturgy | |
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