Cistercian Abbeys : history and architecture /

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Author / Contributor: Gaud, Henri
Other authors / contributors: Leroux-Dhuys, Jean Francois, Crook, John
Imprint: Koln : Konemann, c1998.
Format: Book
Language:English
French
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Table of Contents:
  • Origins of Christianity
  • Christianity in the late eleventh century
  • From Molesme to Citeaux
  • Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Monastic architecture according to Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Romanesque architecture in the early Cistercian period
  • Cistercian Europe
  • Political and religious glory
  • Economic power
  • The essence of architecture
  • The trials of the later Middle Ages
  • The breaking up of the Order
  • Swansong
  • Yesterday, today and tomorrow.