The Historical Works: Volume 56
Aelred of Rievaulx / Dutton, Marsha L. / Freeland, Jane Patricia
Aelred of Rievaulx was an heir of Saxons living under norman rule, a native speaker of English daily speaking French and Latin, a descendant of generations of married priests in an age when priests were forbidden to wed, an English monk in a french order, an abbot bred to service in the church but trained for service in the court. His sermons and treatises reflect Aelred the monk, the novice-master, and abbot. His historical works--concerned w...
