IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 129: Cistercians in the 12th Century
Monday 9 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Cîteaux: commentarii cistercienses, Pontigny |
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Organiser: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Moderator/Chair: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Paper 129-a | Bernard and his Monastic Family (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 129-b | Inter Babylonem et Ierusalem nulla est pax, sed guerra continua: Cities in the Parables of Bernard of Clairvaux (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 129-c | ‘The Milk of His Solicitude’: Aelred Feeds his Monastery (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism |
Abstract | Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx are two of the best known 12th-century English Cistercian abbots, whose actions and words set examples for their contemporaries as well as their successors. Precisely how Bernard attempted to execute his responsibilities as abbot within the developing customs of the Order – and the extent of his success – will be examined, as will the use of parables in his written teaching. Aelred will be explored through the choices made by his (contemporary) biographer, Walter Daniel, in constructing the miracle stories which elucidate his notions of embodiment, illness/healing, feeding/eating. |