The Cistercian world
Subtitle: monastic writings of the twelfth century
By: translated and edited with an introduction by Pauline Matarasso.
Contributors: Matarasso, Pauline Maud.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London, England; New York, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Cistercians -- Spiritual life -- Early works to 1800.; Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Sources.; Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Sources.; Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The Cistercian Order was born in Burgundy at the start of the twelfth century as a movement of radical renewal - an Order that survives to this day with the greater part of its written heritage preserved. This volume brings together a selection of its finest works, which speak powerfully across the centuries to modern readers. Writings by St Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153) - including his letters, "The Life of Malachy the Irishman", sermons on the "Song of Songs" and the sharply satirical "Apologia for Abbot William" - reveal him to be a highly individual and influential writer of the Middle Ages. Also included here are a charming description of Clairvaux, biographies of abbots and a series of exemplary stories, all drawing on the Scriptures to express intensely personal forms of monastic theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-[319]).