A companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) / / edited by Marsha L. Dutton.

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, volume 76
• TeilnehmendeR: Dutton, Marsha L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 76.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 —sermons, spiritual teaching, and history— scholars survey such central topics as Marian devotion, love and friendship, the sacramental nature of community, lay spirituality, and saints’ 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Marsha L. Dutton -- Introduction / Marsha L. Dutton -- Aelred of Rievaulx: Abbot, Teacher, and Author / Marsha L. Dutton -- Aelred on Abbatial Responsibilities / Daniel M. La Corte -- The Sermons of Aelred of Rievaulx / Domenico Pezzini -- Anthropology and Cosmology: The Foundational Principles of Aelred’s Spirituality / John R. Sommerfeldt -- Aelred as a Historian among Historians / Elizabeth Freeman -- “At the Feet of His Dearest Mother”: Aelred’s Teaching on Mary in the Sermons of the First Clairvaux Collection / Marie Anne Mayeski -- Affectivity in the Spiritual Writings of Aelred of Rievaulx / Damien Boquet -- Aelred of Rievaulx: An Illiterate, or a True Master of Spiritual Teaching? / Pierre-André Burton -- Aelred’s Doctrine of Charity and Friendship / Domenico Pezzini -- The Sacramentality of Community in Aelred / Marsha L. Dutton -- Working Out One’s Salvation in the World: Aelred and Lay Spirituality / Katherine TePas Yohe -- Bibliotheca aelrediana secunda: Supplementa / Pierre-André Burton -- Bibliography / Marsha L. Dutton -- Index of Pre-Modern Authors / Marsha L. Dutton -- Index of Contemporary Authors / Marsha L. Dutton -- Index of Subjects and Names / Marsha L. Dutton.