The Cistercians in the Middle Ages

by Janet Burton and Julie Kerr

Book Overview

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 Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. By around 1150 they had established houses the length and breadth of Western Christendom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184383667X
• ISBN13: 9781843836674
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"