The Letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Volume 62

This distinguished translation of the correspondence of St Bernard of Clairvaux reflects the remarkable intellectual, spiritual, and political influence the charismatic Cistercian abbot had on twelfth-century Europe. As the eloquent spokesman for reformed monasticism, he was consulted by kings, predates, and scholars as the conscience of western Christendom. He was also a man of action, founding more than seventy monasteries, arguing successfully for the recognition of Innocent II in a cont...