noble vine at Clairvaulx,was at Rievaulx. At this time, in some of the Bene-dictine monasteries of England, there were religioussouls who desired to take part in the Cistercian move-ment, and to leave their own cloister for a stricter formof observance. So when the mode of life at Rievaulxbecame… … wa: w n<; m <hZ o Fountainsin obtaining permission to leave their monastery wasmainly owing to the good state of their own house ofSt Mary. With opposition and discussion, however,their numbers grew until there were sufficient for aCistercian foundation, namely thirteen, of whom onewas the…
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