Cistercian Cult of Saints as a Treasury of the Living Past in the Later Middle Ages

This book explains how the late medieval Cistercian Order and its communities in Central Europe engaged with, adopted, and supported a broad range of saints' cults as an element of their relationship with the outside world, within their network and as an important element of their identity. Contrary to traditional interpretations of Cistercian culture, the Order was not against the cult of saints....