The Cistercians in the Middle Ages

A much needed introduction. (It offers) a detailed and readable account of the Cistercians' origins and an analysis of the distinctiveness of the medieval Cistercians' way of life. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW Concise yet comprehensive (...) this book deserves to become a standard introductory work for anyone intent on serious Cistercian studies. NORHERN HISTORY An impressive work of seminal scholarship. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW An engaging and authoritative history of the Cistercian order from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. This volume, a further contribution to Boydell's excellent Monastic Orders series, is a wide-ranging, Europe-wide history of the Cistercians, considering them in the religious, cultural, political and economic contexts of their world and time. REVIEWS IN HISTORY For those who teach religious orders or church history, this is must have. (...) It provides a wider understanding of the Cistercian Order and how they interacted with the world as well as a firm basis of their organisation and life in general. H-WRBI A valuable contribution to Cistercian history. Recommended. CHOICE