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William of Saint-Thierry (ca. 1080-1148) became abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Thierry in about 1119, holding that office for about sixteen years and writing a large number of works, some for the guidance of the monks of his abbey and others as theological treatises. But during that same time, after meeting Bernard, abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux, he longed to become a Cistercian. He finally satisfied that dream in 1135, when he became a monk at Signy. His final work was the first of the five books that constitute the Vita Prima Sancti Bernardi.
The nine chapters in this book explore William's thought as represented in his twenty works, ranging from his earliest theological writing through his contribution to the Vita Prima Sancti Bernardi. The contributors to this volume have moved scholarship on William in new directions, ranging from a comparative analysis of Bernard's and William's thought through a study of William's Christology, an analysis of individual works, a new translation of one of William's little-known works, an examination of sixteenth-century images drawn from the Vita Prima, a study of William's rhetorical skills, and a recognition of William's new take on the phrase unitas spiritus.
Dr. E. Rozanne Elder's expertise as a scholar of the works of William of Saint-Thierry, combined with her decades of distinguished service as a professor of history, director of the Institute of Cistercian Studies and then of the Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, all at Western Michigan University, and as editorial director of Cistercian Publications for thirty-five years, has made her the best known of Cistercian scholars today. She is the one primarily responsible for moving Cistercian studies into the mainstream of medieval history and thought. As the gracious and indefatigable host of the annual Conference of Cistercian Studies that takes place each May as part of the International Medieval Studies Congress, she has created a community of scholars and friends.
Contents
Contents
Foreword vii
Bernard McGinn
Acknowledgments xv
Letters of Appreciation xvii
Dom Brendan Freeman, OCSO, and Fr. Luke Anderson, OCist
List of Abbreviations xxi
Introduction xxv
1. William of Saint-Thierry's Trinitarian Image or Saint Bernard's Pre-Theological Self? 1
Emero Stiegman
2. The Prayer of Dom William: A Study and New Translation 21
David N. Bell
3. A Fresh Look at William of Saint-Thierry's Excerpts from the Books of Blessed Ambrose on the Song of Songs 37
Mark DelCogliano
4. Humility and Humiliation in William of Saint-Thierry's Expositio and Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons on the Song of Songs 60
Rose Marie Tillisch
5. The Way of Descent: The Christology of William of Saint-Thierry 78
Aage Rydstrøm-Poulsen
6. Western Darkness / Eastern Light: William of Saint-Thierry and the Traditions of Egypt 92
Benedicta Ward
7. Bernard Made a Covenant with His Eyes: The Saint and His Biographer, William of Saint-Thierry 104
James France
8. Mediating a Presence: Rhetorical and Narrative Strategies in the Vita Prima Bernardi 117
Marjory Lange
9. Unitas Spiritus and the Originality of William of Saint-Thierry 144
F. Tyler Sergent
Afterword: Cîteaux at Kalamazoo: Rozanne Elder and the Early Days of the Institute of Cistercian Studies and of Cistercian Publications 171
John R. Sommerfeldt
Curriculum Vitae of E. Rozanne Elder 175
Bibliography of the Works of William of Saint-Thierry 185
General Bibliography 191
List of Contributors 203
Index A: Names of Ancient, Biblical, Patristic, and Medieval Figures 206
Index B: Names of Post-Medieval Figures 209
