Medieval Monasteries in Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Cistercian monks
with cowl (left) and without cowl (right)
From
The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester
By John Nichols, 1804
The Cistercians
To what extent did the Cistercians in Yorkshire have a policy of depopulation?
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