| Description |
xviii, 186 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Chronology of Aelred's Background, Life, and Works -- 1. Ends and Beginnings -- 2. The Bodies of Saints -- 3. An Absent Mother -- 4. School Friends and Court Intimacies -- 5. Valley of Bliss -- 6. Worst Habit and Best Friend -- 7. The Politics of Peace -- 8. Making Love's Mirror -- 9. Abbot Hated and Loved -- 10. Living Friendships -- 11. A Body in Pain and in Beauty -- 12. After Aelred -- 13. Approaches to Aelred -- Afterword: Aelred in Our Time -- A Guide to Aelred in General (Documentation). |
| Note |
Spine title: Brother & lover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index. |
| Subject |
Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167.
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Christian saints -- England -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Brother & lover.
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| ISBN |
082451405X: $22.95 |
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0824514025 |
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