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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