Bernard of Clairvaux: the Man behind the Image

This article marks the ninth centenary of the birth of St. Bernard and offers a new reading of his character and the context in which he lived. While acknowledging the grounds for Bernard's apparent hard-nosed right-wing piety, the author also shows Bernard to be a sensitive reformer of the Chu...

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Main Author: Casey, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1990
In: Pacifica
Year: 1990, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 269-287
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This article marks the ninth centenary of the birth of St. Bernard and offers a new reading of his character and the context in which he lived. While acknowledging the grounds for Bernard's apparent hard-nosed right-wing piety, the author also shows Bernard to be a sensitive reformer of the Church. In Bernard's subtle and passionate writings a thousand years of western tradition came alive.
ISSN:1839-2598
Contains:Enthalten in: Pacifica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9000300303