e ofwool and corn was noted for its superiority over thatof less assiduous farmers. The foundations of the abbey of the Blessed Maryof Waverley, were laid by Bishop Giffard on Novem-ber 24, 1128. Furness, colonised from Savigny, becameCistercian about the same time; and Tintern, Rievaulx,Fountains… … Waverleythe valleys—the Cistercian houses were first plantedin solitudes and in out-of-the-way and uncultivatedplaces. By a rule of the Order these foundations wereall placed under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin,and it was a rule that no other monastery, even of itsown Order, was to be built…
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