Aelred of Rievaulx
Subtitle: Pursuing Perfect Happiness (The Newman Press)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: March 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780809142613
Subjects: Biography: general; Christian communities & monasticism; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Christianity - Theology - Ethics; Biography/Autobiography; Religious aspects; Biography & Autobiography; Religion - Christian Life; Perfection; Christianity - Theology - History; Christian Life - Character & Values; Christian Theology - Ethics; Christian Theology - History; Religious; of Rievaulx, Saint,; 1110-1167; Aelred,; Catholic Church; Happiness
First sentence: Aelred was born about the year 1110, the son and grandson of married priests who possessed some wealth and considerable influence in the area surrounding their church at Hexham in Northumbria.