. The greater abbeys of England . soon became noted for thegreatest excellence in the professions of agriculture,archite6ture and commerce; they estabhshed granges orfarms upon their outlying estates, for the more effec-tual utiHzation of the produdions of the land; theirstately style of architedure—combining use with ele-gance and avoiding unnecessary display, as illustratedin the present day by the ruins of Furness, Melrose,Kirkstall, Fountains and Tintern—has been ahke thewonder and envy of architects; their merchandise ofwool and corn was noted for its superiority over thatof less assiduou
. The greater abbeys of England . soon became noted for thegreatest excellence in the professions of agriculture,archite6ture and commerce; they estabhshed granges orfarms upon their outlying estates, for the more effec-tual utiHzation of the produdions of the land; theirstately style of architedure—combining use with ele-gance and avoiding unnecessary display, as illustratedin the present day by the ruins of Furness, Melrose,Kirkstall, Fountains and Tintern—has been ahke thewonder and envy of architects; their merchandise ofwool and corn was noted for its superiority over thatof less assiduous farmers. The foundations of the abbey of the Blessed Maryof Waverley, were laid by Bishop Giffard on Novem-ber 24, 1128. Furness, colonised from Savigny, becameCistercian about the same time; and Tintern, Rievaulx,Fountains and others quickly followed, until by theend of the century about 120 separate houses of theOrder were flourishing on English soil. According tothe old saying: Bernardus valles amabat—Bernard loved 236.
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