Description
| Product ID: | 9780140433562 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Cistercian World |
| Subtitle: | Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century |
| Authors: | Author: Pauline Matarasso, Pauline Matarasso |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Christianity, Anthologies (non-poetry), Christian communities & monasticism, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Brings together a selection of Cistercian Order's works. Featuring writings by St Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153), this bvolume also includes a description of Clairvaux, biogarphies of abbots and a series of stories, all drawing on the Scriptures to express personal forms of monastic theology. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1993-04-29 |
