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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I THE BEGINNING | |
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| The Abbey and the Elm | 1 |
| St. Stephen Harding | 3 |
| The founding of Citeaux (Cistercium) | 4 |
| The pursuit of Poverty | 6 |
| The coming of St. Bernard | 8 |
| Cistercians at Rievaulx | 9 |
| Discontent at St. Mary's, York | 10 |
| Departure of the Monks | 12 |
| The founding of Fountains, 1132 | 13 |
| St. Bernard receives the Abbey into his Order | 14 |
| The starving time | 15 |
| The arrival of prosperity | 16 |
| CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF THE ABBEY | |
| The Monks appreciated by their neighbours | 20 |
| Newminster founded, 1137 | 22 |
| Kirkstead, 1138 | 23 |
| Louth Park, 1138 | 23 |
| Woburn, 1145 | 23 |
| Lisa-Kloster, 1146 | 24 |
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