The New Monastery: Texts and Studies on the Earliest Cistercians: 60 (Cistercian Fathers Series, 60) - Softcover

 
9780879073602: The New Monastery: Texts and Studies on the Earliest Cistercians: 60 (Cistercian Fathers Series, 60)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0879073608 ISBN 13: 9780879073602
Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2000

Synopsis

In 1098 a small group of benedictine monks left with their abbot to settle in the wilderness. There, at a place called Cīteaux, they built a 'New Monastery' where they hoped to follow the Rule of Saint Benedict to the letter. 

Selections from twelfth-century documents trace the steps these monks took in founding the New Monastery and, after a few years, in founding other monasteries on the same pattern. From small, uncertain beginnings, their success was stunning. Within fifty years, more than three hundred cistercian monasteries existed in Europe. Today the cistercian tradition is continued by monks and nuns around the world. 

Along with selected medieval documents this volume includes reflections by Cistercians and scholars on the motives and the ideals of the first founders of Cīteaux.

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About the Author

E. Rozanne Elder is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Cistercian and Monastic Studies at Western Michigan University.

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Publisher
Liturgical Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0879073608
ISBN 13 
9780879073602
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
242
Editor
Elder E. Rozanne