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Unity of Spirit - Studies on William Of Saint-Thierry in Honor of E. Rozanne Elder (Paperback)
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Unity of Spirit - Studies on William Of Saint-Thierry in Honor of E. Rozanne Elder (Paperback)
Series: Cistercian Studies, 268
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William of Saint-Thierry (ca. 1080-1148) became abbot of the
Benedictine abbey of Saint-Thierry in about 1119, holding that
office for about sixteen years and writing a large number of works,
some for the guidance of the monks of his abbey and others as
theological treatises. But during that same time, after meeting
Bernard, abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux, he longed to
become a Cistercian. He finally satisfied that dream in 1135, when
he became a monk at Signy. His final work was the first of the five
books that constitute the Vita Prima Sancti Bernardi. The nine
chapters in this book explore William's thought as represented in
his twenty works, ranging from his earliest theological writing
through his contribution to the Vita Prima Sancti Bernardi. The
contributors to this volume have moved scholarship on William in
new directions, ranging from a comparative analysis of Bernard's
and William's thought through a study of William's Christology, an
analysis of individual works, a new translation of one of William's
little-known works, an examination of sixteenth-century images
drawn from the Vita Prima, a study of William's rhetorical skills,
and a recognition of William's new take on the phrase unitas
spiritus. Dr. E. Rozanne Elder's expertise as a scholar of the
works of William of Saint-Thierry, combined with her decades of
distinguished service as a professor of history, director of the
Institute of Cistercian Studies and then of the Center for
Cistercian and Monastic Studies, all at Western Michigan
University, and as editorial director of Cistercian Publications
for thirty-five years, has made her the best known of Cistercian
scholars today. She is the one primarily responsible for moving
Cistercian studies into the mainstream of medieval history and
thought. As the gracious and indefatigable host of the annual
Conference of Cistercian Studies that takes place each May as part
of the International Medieval Studies Congress, she has created a
community of scholars and friends.
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