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An Inner Life
In this intimate portrait of one of the Middle Ages' most consequential men, Brian Patrick McGuire delves into the life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux ...
The Monastic Experience, 350-1250
First published in 1988, this book has been widely debated, inspiring the current interest on medieval friendship. In a new introduction, McGuire surv...
In this biography of the noted French philosopher and theologian Jean Gerson, the first since 1929, Brian Patrick McGuire presents a compelling portra...
"I assume that historical sources can convey human feeling, even though it is fruitless to psychologize individual friends or to reach complete explan...
The book presents a Cistersian Experience in Medieval Denmark....
Their Attitudes, Roles, and Functions in Medieval Society
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In these articles Professor McGuire explores the riches of the Cistercian exemplum tradition. These texts are made up of brief stories, often with a m...
Aelred of Rievaulx
Each age finds saints suited to its needs. In our own time Aelred of Rievaulx has received a great deal of scholarly, if not quite popular, attention....
Bernard of Clairvaux and His Tradition
Born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux died sixty-three years later, and was canonized in 1174. His friends and brothers began writing his official life e...