Cistercian architectural style has its influence from the 12th century Cistercian monastic order. It was an architectural style of building monasteries and churches characterized by simplicity, austerity, and purity. Cistercian monastic order was an order within the Roman Catholic Church characterized by its austere and disciplined nature.
The Cistercian order followed strict architectural style and had strict restrictions regarding their art style. They also built their monasteries on isolated places to signify simplicity and austerity. It remained uninfluenced from contemporary architectural style which was taking a great transformation at that time.
In the United States before the Civil War, it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.
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In the southern states where slavery was legal and most white families owned slaves, it was illegal to educate a slave to become literate.
The act of teaching a slave was unanimously criminalized by all the southern states because the leaders of these states feared the idea of slave getting educated and revolting against them.
The states had laws in place to punish the one who tried to educate slaves.
