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... Clairvaux began its career . When Bernard died in 1153 , the order numbered three hundred and thirty - nine houses , of which Clairvaux had founded no less than sixty - eight , from which had sprung another ninety - one . At the same ...
... Clairvaux began its career . When Bernard died in 1153 , the order numbered three hundred and thirty - nine houses , of which Clairvaux had founded no less than sixty - eight , from which had sprung another ninety - one . At the same ...
Page 79
... Clairvaux had among his monks a young relative whose parents had in his childhood promised him to Cluny . The going at Clairvaux proved too hard for him , and he fled to Cluny , where the grand prior made much of the prodigal . Bernard ...
... Clairvaux had among his monks a young relative whose parents had in his childhood promised him to Cluny . The going at Clairvaux proved too hard for him , and he fled to Cluny , where the grand prior made much of the prodigal . Bernard ...
Page 94
... Clairvaux in France , Britain and Scandinavia ; Mori- mond in the German empire ; Savigny in west France and England . The purple lines show the expansion from Prémontré , largely confined to England and north and central Europe ...
... Clairvaux in France , Britain and Scandinavia ; Mori- mond in the German empire ; Savigny in west France and England . The purple lines show the expansion from Prémontré , largely confined to England and north and central Europe ...
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