Cluniacs and Cistercians

Conflict existed between the Cluniacs and Cistercians over the nature and validity of the others monastic lives

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• Dedications to St. Peter
• wealth through land
• combination of
  • pilgrimage church
  • monastic church
  • early Christian churches of Rome
• Iconography
• personifications of abstract concepts
• portraits of Cluniac Abbots painted in churches
• West facade Sculpture

Original Coat of Arms of Cluny

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17th - 18th century Coat of Arms of Cluny

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Modern Coat of Arms of Cluny

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Cluniac Ideas

Cistercian Ideas

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• Reduction of hours for liturgy
• sculpture prohibited
• painting allowed only on crosses and crosses had to be of wood
• altars could not be decorated
• relics could be placed on altar but no candles
• burial in church only for kings queens, bishops and abbots
• simplicity in design and decore reflect intended simplicity of life
• living in silence
• no unnecessary visual distraction

Cistercian Coat of Arms