Die Zisterzienser

by Jörg Oberste, Christoph Dartmann (Editor), Klaus Unterburger (Editor), Franz Xaver Bischof (Editor)

Overview

Cistercians are the reform order of Benedictine monks dating back to the High Middle Ages. As ingenious technical designers, they laid down the basis for intensive agriculture. Their ideal of piety was far ahead of the mendicant orders and made the Benedictine order attractive again in the time of the Investiture Controversy. The book covers the history of the Cistercians from their oundation by Robert of Molesme and Bernard of Clairvaux, through their cultural, scientific and social function in the Middle Ages to the present day, although its focal point - the importance of the order - was in the Middle Ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783170243903
Publisher:	Kohlhammer Verlag
Publication date:	04/16/2014
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	318
File size:	10 MB
Language:	German

About the Author

Professor Dr. Jörg Oberste is Professor of Medieval History and Historical Auxiliary Sciences at the University of Regensburg.