Cistercians and Cluniacs: The Case for Cîteaux Volume 33

by Idung of Prufening

Founded in 910 to return to the authentic monasticism of Saint Benedict, the abbey of Cluny led a revolution in the medieval Church. Wresting secular hands from control on monastic office and finances, the great burgundian monastery and its hundreds of daughter houses inspired eleventh-century churchmen to seize control of the Church from petty lords and outraged emperors. Powerful and respected, the Cluniac Order cast a long shadow over the European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879072334
• ISBN13: 9780879072339
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"