Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a 12th Century monastery near Downpatrick, County Down, that was destroyed ...

A few miles to the north of Bransholme lies the site of Meaux Abbey. Though little can be seen today, it was once a thriving Cistercian community. The abbey was founded in about 1150 by William le ...

Dissatisfied with the rules of the Benedictine abbey they called home, they created the Cistercian rule and order in 1098 and grew to be known as the “White Monks.” The monks curated a vast manuscript ...

But that’s all changed with the recent revamp of L’Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey that’s ...

It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original bindings, but some from the 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbeys.

The Cistercian monks described seals as the "sea calf," and there is no existing written record of the purchase or any use of sealskin at Clairvaux Abbey. The use of sealskin in bindings appears ...

Dissatisfied with the rules of the Benedictine abbey they called home, they created the Cistercian rule and order in 1098 and grew to be known as the “White Monks.” The monks curated a vast ...