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The Cistercian evolution : the invention of a religious order in twelfth-century Europe /
According to the received history, the Cistercian order was founded in Cîteaux, France, in 1098 by a group of Benedictine monks who wished for a stricter community. They sought a monastic life that called for extreme asceticism, rejection of feudal revenues, and manual labor for monks. Their third...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | The Middle Ages series The Cistercian evolution
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |