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A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110â1167)
Series: - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume: 76
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Brill's Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx explores the life, works, and thought of Aelred, Cistercian abbot of Rievaulx Abbey from 1147 to 1167. As well as introducing the three genres of his works âsermons, spiritual teaching, and historyâ scholars survey such central topics as Marian devotion, love and friendship, the sacramental nature of community, lay spirituality, and saintsâ lives. The work also includes the first supplement to the Bibliotheca aelrediana secunda, listing publications by and about Aelred from between 1996 and 2015. Aelred is rapidly becoming one of the best-known and most loved of the 12th-century Cistercians; this book provides welcome new insights into his contributions to the spiritual and political concerns of his place and time.
Contributors are Damien Boquet, Pierre-André Burton, Marsha L. Dutton, Elizabeth Freeman, Daniel M. La Corte, Marie Anne Mayeski, Domenico Pezzini, John R. Sommerfeldt, and Katherine Yohe.
Contributors are Damien Boquet, Pierre-André Burton, Marsha L. Dutton, Elizabeth Freeman, Daniel M. La Corte, Marie Anne Mayeski, Domenico Pezzini, John R. Sommerfeldt, and Katherine Yohe.
Marsha L. Dutton, Ph.D. (1981), is Professor Emerita of Medieval Literature at Ohio University and Executive Editor of Cistercian Publications. She has edited nine translations of Aelredâs works, published numerous articles, and prepared the Aelred bibliography for Oxford Bibliographies Online.
âessential reading for students and scholars [â¦] the chapters collected in this companion should do much to encourage and assist the development of new approaches to the life and works of Aelred of Rievaulx, whose reputation as one of the foremost thinkers of 12th-century England, and whose accessibility to new students, is only enhanced by the discussions featured within this companion.â - Charlie Rozier, Swansea University, in: Reviews in History, August 2017 (review no. 2158) [DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2158]
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Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 Aelred of Rievaulx: Abbot, Teacher, and Writer
Marsha L. Dutton
2 Aelred on Abbatial Responsibilities
Daniel M. La Corte
Part I: Aelredâs Works
3 The Sermons of Aelred of Rievaulx
Domenico Pezzini
4 Anthropology and Cosmology: The Foundational Principles of Aelredâs Spirituality
John R. Sommerfeldt
5 Aelred as a Historian among Historians
Elizabeth Freeman
Part II: Aelredâs Teaching
6 âAt the Feet of His Dearest Motherâ: Aelredâs Teaching on Mary in the Sermons of the First Clairvaux Collection
Marie Anne Mayeski
7 Affectivity in the Spiritual Writings of Aelred of Rievaulx
Damien Boquet
8 Aelred of Rievaulx: An Illiterate, or a True Master of Spiritual Teaching?
Pierre-André Burton
9 Aelredâs Doctrine of Charity and Friendship
Domenico Pezzini
10 The Sacramentality of Community in Aelred
Marsha L. Dutton
11 Working out Oneâs Salvation in the World: Aelred and Lay Spirituality
Katherine Yohe
Bibliography
Bibliotheca aelrediana secunda: Supplementa Pierre-André Burton
Indices
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 Aelred of Rievaulx: Abbot, Teacher, and Writer
Marsha L. Dutton
2 Aelred on Abbatial Responsibilities
Daniel M. La Corte
Part I: Aelredâs Works
3 The Sermons of Aelred of Rievaulx
Domenico Pezzini
4 Anthropology and Cosmology: The Foundational Principles of Aelredâs Spirituality
John R. Sommerfeldt
5 Aelred as a Historian among Historians
Elizabeth Freeman
Part II: Aelredâs Teaching
6 âAt the Feet of His Dearest Motherâ: Aelredâs Teaching on Mary in the Sermons of the First Clairvaux Collection
Marie Anne Mayeski
7 Affectivity in the Spiritual Writings of Aelred of Rievaulx
Damien Boquet
8 Aelred of Rievaulx: An Illiterate, or a True Master of Spiritual Teaching?
Pierre-André Burton
9 Aelredâs Doctrine of Charity and Friendship
Domenico Pezzini
10 The Sacramentality of Community in Aelred
Marsha L. Dutton
11 Working out Oneâs Salvation in the World: Aelred and Lay Spirituality
Katherine Yohe
Bibliography
Bibliotheca aelrediana secunda: Supplementa Pierre-André Burton
Indices
Individuals (especially post-graduate students) interested in medieval spiritual writing, Cistercian thought and history, medieval historical writing, medieval sermons, and saintsâ lives as well as academic and monastic libraries.