JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Well-structured and rigorously edited.

• Introduction: Reform and renewalThe 'desert-place called Cîteaux''In mountain valleys and plains': the spread of the Cistercian Order'Lonely wooded places': the Cistercians, their sites and their buildingsUnity and concord: the administration of the OrderOra et labora: daily life in the cloister'Angels of God': Cistercian spiritualityConversi, granges and the Cistercian economy'Lanterns shining in a dark place': the Cistercians and the worldBibliography

JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Well-structured and rigorously edited.

• Introduction: Reform and renewalThe 'desert-place called Cîteaux''In mountain valleys and plains': the spread of the Cistercian Order'Lonely wooded places': the Cistercians, their sites and their buildingsUnity and concord: the administration of the OrderOra et labora: daily life in the cloister'Angels of God': Cistercian spiritualityConversi, granges and the Cistercian economy'Lanterns shining in a dark place': the Cistercians and the worldBibliography

JANET BURTON is Professor of Medieval History at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter and the author of many books and articles on monastic history.

Well-structured and rigorously edited.

• Introduction: Reform and renewalThe 'desert-place called Cîteaux''In mountain valleys and plains': the spread of the Cistercian Order'Lonely wooded places': the Cistercians, their sites and their buildingsUnity and concord: the administration of the OrderOra et labora: daily life in the cloister'Angels of God': Cistercian spiritualityConversi, granges and the Cistercian economy'Lanterns shining in a dark place': the Cistercians and the worldBibliography