Built between 1139 and 1147 by Abbot Guillaume thanks to the generosity of Ebraud, Bishop of Norwich, the Abbey of Fontenay was consecrated by Pope Eugene III, a Cistercian and former disciple of St ...

In contrast, Benedictines often maintained older Romanesque churches, and Franciscans and Dominicans tended to build smaller churches according to local styles. In mediaeval Poland, these particular ...