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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 630: Strata Florida: The Cistercians, Diversity, and Locality

Tuesday 12 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Cîteaux: commentarii cistercienses, Pontigny
Organiser:Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Moderator/Chair:Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida
Paper 630-aThe Precinct Plan of Strata Florida and the 'Cistercian Model'
(Language: English)
David Austin, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 630-bRevising the 'Grange': Problems at the Edge of the Cistercian World
(Language: English)
Jemma Bezant, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 630-cCentrally Driven Models or Local Management?: The Cistercians and Their Physical Environment
(Language: English)
Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract

The first two papers in this session concern the Welsh Cistercian abbey of Strata Florida and how the archaeological evidence appears to diverge from the 'Cistercian model'. The third paper will broaden these ideas and put them into a wider Cistercian context.