(Dis)obedience in the Cistercian Order - Some Reflections on Bernard of Clairvauxʼs Letter to Brother Adam by Marko Jerković

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The Virgin Mary and the Sacred Body - The Ideology of Gender Embodied in the Cistercian Church by Eva-Marie Göransson

“…The aim of this paper is not to make an overview of the Cistercian order but to show how ideology —here understood as a mental dimension of a material practice —can be seen in material culture and, in this case, identified in written sources. …”
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Early watermills by Mads Dengsø Jessen

“… The introduction of watermills in Southern Scandinavia has often been linked to the advent of the Cistercian Order and regarded a kick-starter for the so-called medieval revolution. …”
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The Dynamics behind the Spread of the Cistercians in Galicia (North-Western Spain), 1142–1250 by José Antonio López Sabatel

“…In order to achieve this, I have proceeded not only to examine the first Cistercian foundation charter in the Iberian Peninsula, but also to select, gather, and analyse the most relevant bibliography that has been written on the development of the Cistercian Order in Galicia. As nearly all the monasteries were existing houses which were incorporated into the Order it is necessary to begin with an examination of the context into which the Cistercians came. …”
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L’eucharistie, l’apostat et le crapaud. Sur un exemplum de Césaire de Heisterbach by François Wallerich

“…Therefore, his exemplum is quite original and probably tries to respond to problems, with which the cistercian order had to deal at the time.…”
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An Archaeoacoustics Analysis of Cistercian Architecture: The Case of the Beaulieu Abbey by Sebastian Duran, Martyn Chambers, Ioannis Kanellopoulos

“…The Cistercian order is of acoustic interest because previous research has hypothesized that Cistercian architectural structures were designed for longer reverberation times in order to reinforce Gregorian chants. …”
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Fiastra in distonia. La via picena all’indomani di Bernardo / Fiastra in dystonia. The Picene solution after Bernardo by Jessica Planamente

“…In tracing the prototype, this study examines the previous and contemporary cases, all part of the genealogy of the Cistercian order in the Lombard area, which introduce the same arrangement. …”
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The Alfonso X’s patronage of Gothic architecture by Tom Nickson

“…This prompts reassessment of the king’s relationships with mendicant and Cistercian orders, and then detailed consideration of his financial contributions to the cathedrals of Toledo, Burgos and León. …”
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