Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cluny and the Cistercians: Reforming the Monastery
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The idea
Cluny, founded in nine ten under the pope alone, freed monasteries from lay lords and supplied the reformers who made Gregory VII. The Cistercians, from ten ninety-eight, returned to Benedict's poverty and manual labor, with Bernard of Clairvaux their voice.
In practice
Reform meant freedom from lay control first.
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