The bearded brothers of the Cistercian

The inclusion of lay brothers who lived and worked in the monastery and allowed the choir goals to concentrate on their prayer duties was not uncommon in the Middle Ages. But no order has ever used the converts as consistently as the Cistercian.

Abbot Robert von Molesme (around 1028–1111) was frustrated.

The bearded brothers of the Cistercian
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