The Welsh Cistercians, by David H Williams Publisher_St Benedict Press His rise within the ranks

His rise within the ranks of the Catholic Church was meteoric

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The Welsh Cistercians, by David H Williams Publisher_St Benedict Press His rise within the ranksThe Welsh Cistercians. Written to Commemorate the Centenary of the Death of Stephen William Williams (1837 1899), the Father of Cistercian Archaeology in Wales. The Cistercians were a religious order second to none in medieval Europe. Established in Wales from the first half of the twelfth century, their abbeys played a crucial role in the development of Welsh culture and history as centres of relative security, of learning and literature, of charity