The letter collections of Nicholas of Clairvaux / edited and translated by Lena Wahlgren-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholas, of Clairvaux, active 12th century, author.

Contributor:

Wahlgren-Smith, Lena, 1963- editor, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monks--France--Clairvaux--Correspondence.

Monks.

Monastic and religious life--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources.

Monastic and religious life.

Latin letters, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.

Latin letters, Medieval and modern.

Monastic and religious life--Middle Ages.

Nicholas, of Clairvaux, active 12th century--Correspondence.

Nicholas.

Genre:

History.

Records and correspondence.

Sources.

Other Title:

Oxford Medieval Texts

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press

Language Note:

Letters in Latin with English translations on facing pages; critical matter in English.

Summary:

"Nicholas of Clairvaux started his career as a Benedictine but ended up at Clairvaux where he was the secretary of St Bernard. He later became known as 'the black sheep of the Cistercian order' and was expelled from Clairvaux on a charge of fraudulent letter writing. During his life he was responsible for at least two letter collections, which are contained within this volume, with facing-English translation and scholarly commentary. The letters are of great scholarly interest not only for the writer's proximity to historical events in the early twelfth-century, but also for the insights he provides into monastic culture."-- Provided by publisher.

Contains:

Nicholas, of Clairvaux, active 12th century. Correspondence. Selections. Latin. (Wahlgren-Smith)

Nicholas, of Clairvaux, active 12th century. Correspondence. Selections. English. (Wahlgren-Smith)

ISBN:

0-19-189429-X