Foundations of Stone: Discerning Spiritual and Economic Influences on the Construction of Cistercian Monasteries in England

Authors

Daniel Lehman, The College of Wooster

Abstract

This thesis uses primary and secondary sources to investigate what extent economic desires and topographical limitations impacted the construction of Cistercian monasteries when there was an ideal based on spiritual concerns. I found that economics played a large role in how the layouts of Cistercian monasteries developed.

Advisor

Hettinger, Madonna

Department

History

Recommended Citation

Lehman, Daniel, "Foundations of Stone: Discerning Spiritual and Economic Influences on the Construction of Cistercian Monasteries in England" (2012). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 3828.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/3828

Disciplines

European History

Keywords

cistercian, monastery, england, rule of st. benedict

Publication Date

2012

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis