| Edition |
[First American edition]. |
| Description |
230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
When a saint was arbiter of Europe. A death in God ; The soul of an adolescent ; The cistel of monastery in Saône ; A period of meditation and formation ; In the service of the monastic ideal ; Clairvaux in the Val d'Absinthe ; The radiance of bernard and of Clairvaux ; Bernard and his order ; The mature man ; Life in God ; The written work ; The dedicated man ; God's "business" ; The defender of the faith ; The Abé́lard affair ; The statesman ; The Anacletus schism ; The second crusade ; The knights of the cross ; Saint Bernard and the art of his day ; The espousal -- Battles for fidelity. An enduring radiance ; In the trap of success ; Permanent reform and the "congregations" ; From the Council of Trent to the "Rule" of Richelieu ; Rance : the tempestuous abbot ; The adventure of Dom de Lestrange ; Reclamation and recriminations ; The two orders ; The trappist's life ; The trappist expansion ; Advantages and disadvantages of unity ; Present tendencies ; A federation : the common observances ; A valuable adaptability ; The common observance and the return to the sources ; Boquen ; The nuns of Cîteaux ; The message of Cîteaux for our time. |
| Note |
Translation of Saint Bernard et ses fils. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 225-228. |
| Subject |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.
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