Author: Gillian R. Knight
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351892304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of these letters as a source for historical and (auto)biographical reconstruction. Applying techniques drawn from modern theories of epistolarity and contemporary literary criticism to letters treated as whole constructs, Knight demonstrates the presence of a range of manipulative strategies and argues for the consequent production of a significant degree of fictionalisation. She traces the emergence of an epistolarly sequence which forms a kind of extended narrative, drawing its authority from Augustine and Jerome, and rooted in classical rhetoric. The work raises important implications both for the study of relations between Cluniacs and Cistercians in the first half of the 12th century and for the approach to letter-writing as a whole.
The Correspondence between Peter the Venerable and Bernard of Clairvaux
Author: Gillian R. Knight
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351892304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of these letters as a source for historical and (auto)biographical reconstruction. Applying techniques drawn from modern theories of epistolarity and contemporary literary criticism to letters treated as whole constructs, Knight demonstrates the presence of a range of manipulative strategies and argues for the consequent production of a significant degree of fictionalisation. She traces the emergence of an epistolarly sequence which forms a kind of extended narrative, drawing its authority from Augustine and Jerome, and rooted in classical rhetoric. The work raises important implications both for the study of relations between Cluniacs and Cistercians in the first half of the 12th century and for the approach to letter-writing as a whole.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351892304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of these letters as a source for historical and (auto)biographical reconstruction. Applying techniques drawn from modern theories of epistolarity and contemporary literary criticism to letters treated as whole constructs, Knight demonstrates the presence of a range of manipulative strategies and argues for the consequent production of a significant degree of fictionalisation. She traces the emergence of an epistolarly sequence which forms a kind of extended narrative, drawing its authority from Augustine and Jerome, and rooted in classical rhetoric. The work raises important implications both for the study of relations between Cluniacs and Cistercians in the first half of the 12th century and for the approach to letter-writing as a whole.
The Letters of Peter the Venerable
Author: Peter the Venerable
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Giles Constable presents the first critical edition of the letters of Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, to appear since the first printed edition was published in 1522. The text, based upon a comparison of all known manuscripts, is printed in Volume I and is an important source for the history of the first half of the twelfth century. An introduction, appendices, and notes which touch broadly upon the ecclesiastical, intellectual, and political history of the period are provided in Volume II.
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Giles Constable presents the first critical edition of the letters of Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, to appear since the first printed edition was published in 1522. The text, based upon a comparison of all known manuscripts, is printed in Volume I and is an important source for the history of the first half of the twelfth century. An introduction, appendices, and notes which touch broadly upon the ecclesiastical, intellectual, and political history of the period are provided in Volume II.
The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Author: Bernard (Clairvaux, Abt, Heiliger)
Publisher:
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Category : Christian philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
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Category : Christian philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux ; Newly Translated by Bruno Scott James
Author: Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Author: Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux)
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Seen Through His Selected Letters
Author: Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux)
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A translation of 104 of the letters of Saint Bernard, chosen to reveal the many-sided character of their author, translated "to take the sense of the text and wield it into an idiom that can be understood by the ordinary men and women of today". -- introduction.
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A translation of 104 of the letters of Saint Bernard, chosen to reveal the many-sided character of their author, translated "to take the sense of the text and wield it into an idiom that can be understood by the ordinary men and women of today". -- introduction.
The Controversy Between Peter the Venerable and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Author: Adriaan Hendrik Bredero
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Bernard of Clairvaux on the Spirituality of Relationship
Author: John R. Sommerfeldt
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1616437154
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1616437154
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Bernard Of Clairvaux
Author: Adrian H. Bredero
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780567082855
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Bredero has produced a book that summarizes his lifelong preoccupation with the greatest saint of the twelfth century . . . The problem that intrigues Bredero . . . is the tension between Bernard the powerful churchman, resented by many contemporaries and by many interpreters still today, and Bernard the monk, master communicator of the most intimate spiritual experiences, beloved by numerous contemporaries, by John Calvin, and by many readers still today . . . A magisterial overview." John Van Engen in Church History Adriaan H. Bredero first began reading Bernard of Clairvaux in 1944 as a young university student forced into hiding by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Over the past sixty years, Bredero's academic interest in Bernard has branched out to cover topics as diverse as the historical value of the vita prima, Bernard's part in the conflict between Cîteaux and Cluny, and the image of St. Bernard as it has been developed by hagiographers and scholars through the ages. Bernard of Clairvaux: Between Cult and History summarizes Bredero's lifelong study of Bernard, the Cistercian monk who was arguably the most influential ecclesiastical figure of the twelfth century and who remains one of the church's most venerated saints.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780567082855
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Bredero has produced a book that summarizes his lifelong preoccupation with the greatest saint of the twelfth century . . . The problem that intrigues Bredero . . . is the tension between Bernard the powerful churchman, resented by many contemporaries and by many interpreters still today, and Bernard the monk, master communicator of the most intimate spiritual experiences, beloved by numerous contemporaries, by John Calvin, and by many readers still today . . . A magisterial overview." John Van Engen in Church History Adriaan H. Bredero first began reading Bernard of Clairvaux in 1944 as a young university student forced into hiding by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Over the past sixty years, Bredero's academic interest in Bernard has branched out to cover topics as diverse as the historical value of the vita prima, Bernard's part in the conflict between Cîteaux and Cluny, and the image of St. Bernard as it has been developed by hagiographers and scholars through the ages. Bernard of Clairvaux: Between Cult and History summarizes Bredero's lifelong study of Bernard, the Cistercian monk who was arguably the most influential ecclesiastical figure of the twelfth century and who remains one of the church's most venerated saints.
The Controversy Between Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter the Venerable
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Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description