Notes On the Prologue of St. Aelred of Rievaulx's ‘De spirituali amicitia,’ with a Translation

The brief prologue to Aelred of Rievaulx's De spirituali amicitia is written with a disarming simplicity that allows the reader to follow it and feel its charm the very first time he comes across it. Aelred invites his reader into the intimacy of his own early life and shares with him the exper...

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Main Author: McEvoy, James Gerard (Author)
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1981
In: Traditio
Year: 1981, Volume: 37, Pages: 396-411
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