The Cluniacs

The Cluniacs began at Cluny Abbey in France, and their monasteries were all run from there in one big organization. They were like Benedictine monasteries, but their buildings, services and vestments (religious clothing) were much grander. They worked on reading and writing rather than farms. There is a ruined Cluniac monastery at Lewes in Sussex.

The ruined monastery at Lewes
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