Beschreibung:
A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
The 'desert-place called Cîteaux''In mountain valleys and plains': the spread of the Cistercian Order'Lonely wooded places': the Cistercians, their sites and their buildingsUnity and concord: the administration of the OrderOra et labora: daily life in the cloister'Angels of God': Cistercian spiritualityConversi, granges and the Cistercian economy'Lanterns shining in a dark place': the Cistercians and the worldBibliography