Cistercian Order
Middle Age Activity
Define 💣
Cistercians are the members of the Cistercians order. The followers of the older pattern of life became known as the Cistercian Monks. Cistetercians is known as the Latin name of Citeaux located in eastern France.
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- They were founded in 1098 (close to the middle of the 11th century) by a group of monks who were unhappy about their own monastery. The Cistercians were considered to be strict. They also were missionaries who went to people outside the monastery to talk about god.
- Interesting fact: All of the Cistercian Monks came from wealthy, rich families
- Significance: It relates with the today world because there are still nunneries and people who think this culture is important.
Graveyard sight
Monks at church, basically like an cathedral.
What the monks looked like