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In Praise of the New Knighthood
Häftad, 2001
374 kr
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The monk and the knight—the two quintessentially medieval European heroes—were combined in the Knights Templar and in the other military orders founded in the era of the Crusades. With characteristic eloquence, Bernard of Clairvaux voices the cleric's view of knights, warfare, and the conquest of …
Spiritual Exercises
Av Gertrud the Great of Helfta
Häftad, 1989
374 kr
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The remarkable monastery of Helfta was a 'place where learning and art, courtesy and holiness flowered in a dark season' of interregnal warfare.* The nuns drew their inspiration from the twin roots of Citeaux: the Rule of Saint Benedict and the constitutions of Citeaux; their spirituality, liturgy, …
Spiritual Friendship
Av Aelred of Rievaulx, Marsha L. Dutton
Häftad, 2010
314 kr
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Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 '1167. During his abbacy he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to …
On Grace and Free Choice
Häftad, 1988
316 kr
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On Grace and Free Choice came early from the pen of the young abbot of Clairvaux, in response to the request of his friend William, benedictine abbot of St. Thierry. Bernard's first deliberately theological treatise, it demonstrates the conceptual precision, the contemplative insight, and the …
Cistercians and Cluniacs
St. Bernard's Apologia To Abbot William
Häftad, 1970
276 kr
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Founded in 910 to return to the authentic monasticism of St Benedict, the Abbey of Cluny led a revolution in the medieval Church. Wresting secular hands from control of monastic offices and finances, the great burgundian monastery and its hundreds of daughter houses inspired eleventh-century …
Sermons on the Christian Year, Volume One
Häftad, 2016
410 kr
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Two great institutions sprang from the self-confident ground of twelfth-century Europe: the University and the Cistercian Order. Isaac of Stella participated in both. Born in England in the opening years of the century, he seems to have moved to France for his education. His works reveal his …
On Loving God
Häftad, 1995
325 kr
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Saint Bernard's On Loving God is one of his most delightful, and most widely read, works. It stands in the tradition of the Fathers of the Church, but it carries patristic teaching into the Middle Ages and into the cloister. Its famous affirmation that God is to be loved without limit, sine modo, …
Steps of Humility and Pride
Häftad, 1989
145 kr
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Love came more naturally to Bernard of Clairvaux than did humility. The son of burgundian nobility, 'people of rank and dignity', Bernard attracted followers and exercised authority with an easy grace. After years of struggle in the monastery, he admitted that humility remained for him one of the …
Dialogue on Miracles
Volume 1
Häftad, 2023
635 kr
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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by …
Sermons on the Song of Songs, Volume 3
Av Gilbert of Hoyland, Sj Braceland, Lawrence C.
Häftad, 2019
423 kr
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Taking up Saint Bernard's unfinished sermon-commentary, Gilbert ruminates on verse 3:1-5:10 in forty-eight sermons, leaving the task to be finished by John of Ford.This volume contains sermons 33 through 48. To encounter a person who makes holiness attractive is an enviable experience. Such a …
Dialogue on Miracles
Volume 2
Häftad, 2023
862 kr
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Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For their instruction and edification, he composed his lengthy Dialogue on Miracles in twelve sections between 1219 and 1223. The many surviving manuscripts of this and other works by …
Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness
Av Gertrud the Great of Helfta
Häftad, 2022
652 kr
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Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences, some of which she recorded in Latin “with her own hand,” in what became Book Two of The Herald of …
Homilies in Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Häftad, 1993
268 kr
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"Even though there is no real need for me to write this for the brothers' spiritual progress—which must always be my first concern," reflected the conscientious young abbot of Clairvaux as he began his four homilies in praise of the Virgin Mary., ". . . as long as it in no way prevents me from …
Meditations with a Monastic Commentary
Häftad, 2022
525 kr
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The Meditations, written over a period from 1125 to 1137, are a personal account of William of Saint-Thierry’s ascent into Trinitarian intimacy. Writing to the monks of Mont Dieu sometime around 1144, he proposed the Meditations as helpful in forming minds in prayer. These Meditations, with their …
First Life of Bernard of Clairvaux
Av William of Saint-Thierry, Arnold of Bonneval m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
341 kr
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The First Life of Bernard of Clairvaux, traditionally known as the Vita Prima, originated to prepare the case for canonization of Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux. The work was begun by William of Saint-Thierry, continued by Arnold of Bonneval, and completed by Geoffrey of Auxerre. When the …
Liturgical Sermons
The Second Clairvaux Collection; Christmas through All Saints
Häftad, 2016
357 kr
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Aelred, abbot of the Yorkshire Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 to 1167, wrote six spiritual treatises, seven historical treatises, and 182 liturgical sermons, most of which he delivered as chapter talks to his monks. Translations of the first twenty-eight of these sermons appeared in The …
Liturgical Sermons
The Durham and Lincoln Collections, Sermons 47-84
Av Aelred of Rievaulx, Ann W. Astell
Häftad, 2019
650 kr
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Aelred, abbot of the Yorkshire Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 to 1167, wrote six spiritual treatises, seven historical treatises, and 182 liturgical sermons, many of which he delivered as chapter talks to his monks. Translations of the first twenty-eight of these sermons appeared in CF 58 …
Liturgical Sermons
The Reading-Cluny Collection, 1 of 2; Sermons 85-133
Häftad, 2021
667 kr
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Aelred (1110–1167) served Rievaulx Abbey, the second Cistercian monastery in England, for twenty years as abbot. During his abbacy he wrote thirteen treatises, some offering spiritual guidance and others seeking to advise King Henry II. He also wrote thirty-one sermons as a commentary on Isaiah …
Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah
Häftad, 2018
589 kr
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During his twenty years as abbot of the Yorkshire monastery of Rievaulx, Aelred preached many sermons: to his own monks, in other monasteries, and at significant gatherings outside the cloister. In these thirty-one homilies on Isaiah chapters 13–16, together with an introductory Advent sermon, …
Various Sermons
Häftad, 2020
334 kr
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This last small group of Bernard's sermons to be published in translation by Cistercian Publications rightly goes by the title De varii in the critical edition. While most of them treat feasts on the church calendar, they do so in a somewhat hit-or-miss fashion. Three sermons also deal with God's …
Parables and the Sentences
Häftad, 1991
374 kr
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For over forty years Bernard of Clairvaux composed works of theology and spiritual reflection. He became the counselor of kings, nobles, popes, and scholars. He advocated a strong, reformed papacy and was the spiritual leader of the early twelfth-century European Church.Often overlooked, these …
Herald of God's Loving-Kindness: Book 5
Av Gertrud the Great of Helfta
Häftad, 2020
601 kr
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Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences. These centered on “the divine loving-kindness,” which she perceived as expressed through and …
Liturgical Sermons
The Reading-Cluny Collection, 2 of 2; Sermons 134–182; and A Sermon Upon the Translation of Saint Edward, Confessor
Häftad, 2022
652 kr
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Aelred (1110–1167) served Rievaulx Abbey, the second Cistercian monastery in England, for twenty years as abbot. During his abbacy he wrote thirteen treatises, some offering spiritual guidance and others seeking to advise King Henry II. He also wrote thirty-one sermons as a commentary on Isaiah …
Letters of Adam of Perseigne
Häftad, 2023
363 kr
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Abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Perseigne, Adam was a 'director of souls' in the late twelfth century. By his letters he counselled clerics and kings, nuns and nobles with affection, respect, and candor. Because his monastery lay in Normandy, he enjoyed close ties with Norman England and acted …
Liturgical Sermons, Volume 1
Häftad, 1970
374 kr
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Guerric of Igny (†1157) ranks with Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred of Rievaulx, and William of Saint Thierry as one of 'the four evangelists of Citeaux'. Yet he is know only through these Liturgical Sermons and a scattering of historical references. Born probably at Tournai and educated in the …
Dialogue on the Soul
Häftad, 1981
325 kr
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Aelred of Rievaulx, like his Cistercian brothers, believed that the human person is created in the image and likeness of God. He analyzed the human soul therefore to understand by analogy something of the being of God. Possessing three faculties—intellect, memory, and will—the one, indivisible soul …
Liturgical Sermons Volume 2
Häftad, 1999
394 kr
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Guerric of Igny (d. 1157) ranks with Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred of Rievaulx, and William of Saint Thierry as one of 'the four evangelists of Cîteaux'. Yet he is known only through these Liturgical Sermons and a scattering of historical references.Born probably at Tournai and educated in the …
Cistercians And Cluniacs
The Case for Cîteaux
Häftad, 1977
363 kr
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Founded in 910 to return to the authentic monasticism of Saint Benedict, the abbey of Cluny led a revolution in the medieval Church. Wresting secular hands from control on monastic office and finances, the great burgundian monastery and its hundreds of daughter houses inspired eleventh-century …
Herald of God's Loving-Kindness: Book 4
Av Gertrud the Great of Helfta
Häftad, 2018
521 kr
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Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences. These centered on “the divine loving-kindness,” which she perceived as expressed through and …
Historical Works
Av Aelred of Rievaulx, Marsha L. Dutton
Häftad, 2005
374 kr
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Aelred of Rievaulx was an heir of Saxons living under Norman rule, a native speaker of English daily speaking French and Latin, a descendant of generations of married priests in an age when priests were forbidden to wed, an English monk in a French order, an abbot bred to service in the church but …
