Question

What led to the creation of the Cistercian order? Explain how it was different from the Benedictine order.

Answer 1

Answer: The Cistercian order was founded in the XI century near Burgundy by monks who wanted to more strictly abide to The Benedictine Rules.

Explanation:

The Cisternians re-introduced manual labour for monks as their core principle of their way of life and rejected any sort of feudal revenue done by trade.

They broke off from the benedictine order since they perceived that the order had strayed away from the rules given by St.Benedictine by trading, producing goods like Ale and leaving behind manual labor.

The Cisternians differenciated themselves from the Benedicts by wearing white robes instead of the black used by the benedictines and seeked for a more isolated existence, strictly abiding to Benedictine Rule instead of integrating with towns or villages.