Materials for a History of Tintern Abbey
Abstract
The Cistercian system was the third of three successive monastic movements which spread over Europe. The first was Benedictine, and the second, Cluniac. Each in turn had a rule more rigorous than that of the predecessor from which it may be said to have sprung. Already well established on the continent, the Cistercian system was introduced into the British Isles by a group of monks from l'Aûmone, in the diocese of Chartres. On November 24, 1128, these pioneers, with the aid of William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester, laid the foundation for the monastery of Waverley, near Farnham, in Surrey. So quickly did the new monasticism spread that, by 1150, Waverley had five daughter houses: Garendon, Ford, Thame, Bruern and Combe. In 1152, there were fifty Cistercian abbeys in England. In that year, further development was retarded by a decree from Citeaux that 3 no more houses of the order should be founded.
Subject Area
Romance literature|History
Recommended Citation
James, Edith M, "Materials for a History of Tintern Abbey" (1938). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28960350.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28960350
