An examination of the roots of the Cistercian Order, founded in 1098, its development and waning, and the seventeenth-century reforms by the Abb de Ranc, which began the second flowering that continues today. Throughout, Merton illuminates the purposes of monasticism. Index; photographs.
An examination of the roots of the Cistercian Order, founded in 1098, its development and waning, and the seventeenth-century reforms by the Abb de Ranc, which began the second flowering that continues today. Throughout, Merton illuminates the purposes of monasticism. Index; photographs.
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