| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 405 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 25 |
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Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 25.
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| Contents |
Bernard's life and works : a review / Brian Patrick McGuire -- Reading Saint Bernard : the man, the medium, the message / Michael Casey -- Bernard and William of Saint Thierry / E. Rozanne Elder -- Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard / Constant J. Mews -- Bernard as a Father Abbot / Christopher Holdsworth -- Bernard the writer / M.B. Pranger -- Bernard of Clairvaux and the landscape of salvation / Mette B. Bruun -- Bernard of Clairvaux and Christian art / Diane J. Reilly -- The heritage of Saint Bernard in medieval art / James France -- An old man's tale : my many years with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux / Chrysogonus Waddell -- Afterword : looking back at Bernard / John R. Sommerfeldt |
| Summary |
Bernard of Clairvaux emerges from these studies as a vibrant, challenging and illuminating representative of the monastic culture of the twelfth century. In taking on Peter Abelard and the new scholasticism he helped define the very world he opposed and thus contributed to the renaissance of the twelfth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.
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| SUBJECT |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153 fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McGuire, Brian Patrick
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| ISBN |
9789004211988 |
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9004211985 |
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128316129X |
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9781283161299 |
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