The Cambridge companion to the Cistercian order / edited by Mette Birkedal Bruun.
Bruun, Mette Birkedal.
2013
BX3402.3 .C36 2013 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to the Cistercian order / edited by Mette Birkedal Bruun.
ISBN 9781107001312
1107001315
9780521171847 (pbk.)
0521171849 (pbk.)
9780511735899 (electronic book)
0511735898 (electronic book)
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language English
Description xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number BX3402.3 .C36 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 271/.12
Summary "This volume presents the composite character of the Cistercian Order in its unity and diversity, detailing the white monks' history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It charts the geographical spread of the Order from Burgundy to the peripheries of medieval Europe, examining key topics such as convents, liturgy, art, agriculture, spiritual life and education, providing an insight into Bernard of Clairvaux's life, work and sense of self, as well as the lives of other key Cistercian figures. This Companion offers an accessible synthesis of contemporary scholarship on the Order's interaction with the extramural world and its participation in, and contribution to, the cultural, economical and political climate of medieval Europe and beyond. The discussion contributes to the history of religious orders, and will be useful to those studying the twelfth-century renaissance, the apostolic movement and the role of religious life in medieval society"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index.
Added Author Bruun, Mette Birkedal.
Series Cambridge companions to religion.
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Introduction: withdrawal and engagement / Mette Birkedal Bruun and Emilia Jamroziak
Part I. History: 1. Foundation and twelfth century / Martha G. Newman; 2. The Cistercian Order, 1200-1600 / Peter King; 3. The Cistercian Order since 1600 / Michael Casey
Part II. Structure and Materiality: 4. Centres and peripheries / Emilia Jamroziak; 5. The Cistercian community / James France; 6. Constitutions and the General Chapter / Brian Patrick McGuire; 7. Nuns / Elizabeth Freeman; 8. Agriculture and economies / Constance Hoffman Berman; 9. Art / Diane J. Reilly; 10. Libraries and scriptoria / David N. Bell; 11. Cistercian architecture or architecture of the Cistercians? / Thomas Coomans
Part III. Religious Mentality: 12. Bernard of Clairvaux: his first and greatest miracle was himself / Christopher Holdsworth; 13. Bernard of Clairvaux: work and self / M.B. Pranger; 14. Early Cistercian writers / E. Rozanne Elder; 15. The spiritual teaching of the early Cistercians / Bernard McGinn; 16. Cistercians in dialogue: bringing the world into the monastery / Wim Verbaal; 17. Preaching / Beverly Mayne Kienzle; 18. Liturgy / Nicolas Bell.

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