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Bernard of Clairvaux, St. | | Birth Date: |
1090 | | Death Date: |
1153 | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
saint, monk, abbot, theologian |
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 Biography of Bernard of Clairvaux, St.
646 words, approx. 2 pages
 The French churchman St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was a Cistercian monk and founder and abbot of the monastery of Clairvaux. A theologian and Doctor of the Church, he dominated Europe through his eloquence and his counselling of popes and... summary from source:
 Biography of Bernard of Clairvaux
5,433 words, approx. 18 pages
 Bernard of Clairvaux is one of the most influential figures in the latter half of the Middle Ages, and one of the most paradoxical. Even Bernard thought of himself as “the chimera of his century.” He was first and foremost a Cistercian monk... 
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 Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
1,741 words, approx. 6 pages
St. Bernard of Clairvaux ( 1090 – 1153-08-21 ), abbot of Clairvaux , was a highly influential French churchman and theologian. He was one of the founders of the Cistercian , or Bernardine, monastic order. Contents 1 Sourced 2 Unsourced 3 Criticism 4...
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 Bernard Of Clairvaux : Medieval France
981 words, approx. 3 pages(1090/91–1153). Born in Fontaines near Dijon and educated with the canons of Saint-Vorles in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Bernard entered the Cistercian monastery of Cîteaux, together with thirty companions, in 1112. In 1115, he founded the... summary from source:
 Bernard of Clairvaux Summary
978 words, approx. 3 pagesBERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090–1153), monastic reformer, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux, France. Bernard is known principally through four biographical accounts written in his own century (which contain more legend than fact),... summary from source:
 Bernard of Clairvaux, St. (1090–1153) Summary
592 words, approx. 2 pagesBernard of Clairvaux, St.(1090–1153) St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the monastic reformer and theologian, was born of a noble family at Fontaine, France, near Dijon. He became a Cistercian at Cîteaux in 1112 and founding abbot of Clairvaux in... summary from source:
 Bernard of Clairvaux Information
4,610 words, approx. 15 pages
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist (1090 - August 21, 1153) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. "The voice of conscience, the dominating figure in the Catholic Church from 1125 to 1153"[1], his...
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 Anglican Theological Review Bernard of Clairvaux
07/01/2002: 703 words, approx. 2 pages Bernard of Clairvaux. By Gillian R. Evans. Great Medieval Thinkers Series. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. viii + 220 pp. $19.95 (paper). The expanse of time between the Patristic era and the Reformation remains for many in the Anglican communion terra incognita,... summary from source:
The Catholic Historical Review
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Thomas Merton
15,292 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following excerpt, Merton discusses Bernard's ideas regarding the active, contemplative, and apostolic lives in his Sermons on the Song of Songs.
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Critical Essay by Jean Leclercq
9,523 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Leclercq surveys scholarship on Bernard's life and major writings in the 800 years after his death and reflects on the sociological, psychological, and linguistic possibilities for further research.
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Critical Essay by G. L. J. Smerillo
7,292 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Smerillo explores the idea of Deus caritas est–God is love—as presented in Bernard's first twenty-one letters.
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