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Life of St. Stephen Harding: abbot of Citeaux and founder of the Cistercian order

CONTENTS. I. — St. Stephen in Youth 1 II. — St. Stephen at Molesme 14 III. — Molesme Degenerates 22 IV. — Removal from Molesme 32 V. — Arrival at Citeaux 39 VI. — Stephen as Prior 46 VII. — Cistkrcian Usages 55 VIII. — The Times of Alberic 75 IX. — The Death of Alberic 83 X. — Stephen as Abbot 87 XI. —Stephen in Time of Want 96 XII. — The Mortality at Citeaux 102 XIII. — The Arrival of the Novices .110 XIV. — The World edified by the Brethren at Citeaux 122 XV. — A Day at Citeaux 126 XVI. — Stephen and Bernard 156 XVII. — Stephen creates an Order 164 XVIII. — Abbot Suger 178 XIX. — Troubles in the Church 189 XX. — Death of Stephen 199 Digitized by Google. · Includes bibliographical references and index · Electronic reproduction · Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 · digitized · Description based on print version record

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