Exploring Medieval Monasteries, part 10

How a perception that monastic life had become too comfortable led to reform with the Cistercian movement and the founding of abbeys including Tintern, Rievaulx, and Fountains. Main background image, cropped to 16:9 aspect ratio: : Steffen D, CC BY-SA 4.0 “Waverley Abbey Surrey” by Steve Parker is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 “Tintern Abbey and Courtyard” by Saffron Blaze is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “Rievaulx Abbey” by Anthony McCallum of is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “Fountains Abbey” by Anthony McCallum of is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0