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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE BEGINNING

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The Abbey and the Elm 1
St. Stephen Harding 3
The founding of Citeaux (Cistercium) 4
The pursuit of Poverty 6
The coming of St. Bernard 8
Cistercians at Rievaulx 9
Discontent at St. Mary's, York 10
Departure of the Monks 12
The founding of Fountains, 1132 13
St. Bernard receives the Abbey into his Order 14
The starving time 15
The arrival of prosperity 16
 
CHAPTER II

THE GROWTH OF THE ABBEY
I. COLONIES

The Monks appreciated by their neighbours 20
Newminster founded, 1137 22
Kirkstead, 1138 23
Louth Park, 1138 23
Woburn, 1145 23
Lisa-Kloster, 1146 24

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