Cistercian Order Expansion

Name: Cistercian Order Expansion
Start: 1191
End: 1199

Type Event Region Europe Time 1191–1199

In the 1190s, the Cistercians continued large-scale expansion across Western Europe, founding new monasteries throughout France, England, Germany, an…

Timeline

1191–1195Burgundy and Champagne, France · BurgundyIn the early 1190s, the Cistercians continued establishing daughter houses in the French heartland, extending the Cîteaux mother-house system into Champagne, Lorraine, and Normandy, forming a dense network of monasteries.
1196–1199England and Germany · Northwestern EuropeDuring the same period, Cistercian monasteries continued to multiply in England and within the Holy Roman Empire, integrating into local economies through marsh drainage, forest clearance, and wool production, while receiving donations from nobles and townspeople to consolidate their land holdings.

Sources

Cistercians https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cistercian
The Cistercians in the Middle Ages — David Knowles (1950)