Cistercian Abbeys : history and architecture / photography by Henri Gaud ; text by Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys.

By: Leroux-Dhuys, Jean-François [author].

Contributor(s): Gaud, Henri [photographer].

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BookPublisher: Köln : Könnemann, [1998]Publisher: ©1998Description: 399 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 32 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 3895088943 (hardback).Subject(s): Abbeys -- Europe

| Cistercian architecture

| Cistercian monasteries

DDC classification: 726.7

Contents:

Part one. Nine centuries ago. Origins and foundations. Chapter I: The origin of Christianity -- Chapter II: Christianity in the late eleventh century -- Chapter III: From Molesme to Cîteaux -- Purity and power. Chapter IV: Bernard of Clairvaux -- Chapter V: Monastic architecture according to Bernard of Clairvaux -- Chapter VI: Romanesque architecture in the early Cistercian period -- The power and the glory. Chapter VII: Cistercian Europe -- Chapter VIII: Political and religious glory -- Chapter IX: Economic power -- Chapter X: The essence of architecture -- Centuries of trial. Chapter XI: The trials of the lates middle ages -- Chapter XII: The breaking up of the order -- Chapter XIII: Swansong -- Chapter XIV: Yesterday, today and tomorrow -- Part two. The Cistercian world in Europe. Acey France -- Alcobaça, Portugal -- Bebenhausen, Germany -- Bective, Republic of Ireland -- Boyle, Republic of Ireland -- Buildwas, England -- Byland, England -- Casamari, Italy -- Chiaravalle della Colomba, Italy -- Chiaravalle milanese, Italy -- Cîteaux, France -- Clairvaux, France -- Dunbrody, Republic of Ireland -- Dundrennan, Scotland -- Flaran, France -- Fontenay, France -- Fontfroide, France -- Fontmorigny, France -- Fossanova, Italy -- Fountains, England -- Furness, England -- Heiligenkreuz, Austria -- Holy Cross, Republic of Ireland -- Hore, Republic of Ireland -- Jerpoint, Republic of Ireland -- Léoncel, France -- Lérins, France -- Loc Dieu, France -- Margam, Wales -- Maulbronn, Germany -- Mellifont, Republic of Ireland -- Melrose, Scotland -- Morimondo, Italy -- Noirlac, France -- Obazine, France -- Orval, Belgium -- Osek, Czech Republic -- Otterberg, Germany -- Poblet, Spain -- Pontigny, France -- Portalegre, Portugal -- Rievaulx, England -- Royaumont, France -- Salem, Germany -- San Galgano, Italy -- Santes Creus, Spain -- Sedlec, Czech Republic -- Sénanque, France -- Silvacane, France -- Silvanès, France -- Staffarda, Italy -- Sweetheart, Scotland -- Le Thoronet, France -- Tintern, Wales -- Tinter minor, Republic of Ireland -- Tisnov (Porta Coeli), Czech Republic -- Valcroissant, France -- Valle Crucis, Wales -- Valmagne, France -- Veruela, Spain -- Villers-la-Ville, Belgium -- Vyssi Brod, Czech Republic -- Zdár, Czech Republic -- Zlata Koruna, Czech Republic -- zwettl, Austria.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The nature of the Cistercian movement resulted in a uniform style of architecture across Europe, noted for its lack of decoration and poetic atmosphere. Cistercian Abbeys traces the chronological development of this movement and depicts its major monasteries in France, England, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal. A typical Konemann publication: massive in size, superb in illustration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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CHOICE Review

Leroux-Dhuys's lavishly illustrated book surveys the history of the Cistercian order and its architecture from the 12th century to the present. Part 1, "Nine Centuries Ago," provides historical context in 14 brief chapters illustrated with photographs, plans, reconstructions, and maps. These chapters are subdivided into shorter sections, complete with insets that provide specifics on chronology, technology, or various subjects like the life and thought of Benedict of Nursia. Part 3, "The Cistercian World in Europe," is a gazetteer of sites from Acey to Zwettl. Each entry first summarizes basic data: the original name of the site; pertinent dates of foundation, construction, and destruction; a concordance to any references to the site in part 1; and a short bibliography. Then follows a brief narrative about the history and contemporary use, if any, of each site. Although this review focuses on the text, the primary merit of the book rests in its illustrations. The consistent inclusion of plans and elevations for each site would have been valuable, but the luscious photographs make this book useful for a broad audience, from students of Cistercian history to those interested in architectural photography. General readers; undergraduates through faculty. A. R. Stanton University of Missouri--Columbia