Cistercians in dialogue
Wim Verbaal
The long twelfth century was one of those periods when fundamental changes occurred at a high speed. Robert Molesme and his followers’ founding the Novum Monasterium in 1098 is often considered expression general tendency toward renewal. Spiritual asceticism most commonly thought to be driving force behind foundation as this seems have stimulated many initiatives that were taken around 1100.
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