Aelred of Rievaulx, Writer

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.

Organizer Name

E. Rozanne Elder

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Marsha L. Dutton

Presider Affiliation

Ohio Univ.

Paper Title 1

Team Aelred or Team Maurice: A Mysterious Letter from Rievaulx Abbey to Archbishop Thomas Becket

Presenter 1 Name

Jean Truax

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

Who Would Fardels Bear? Courage and Temperance in the Reflection of Aelred of Rievaulx on the Burdens of the Pagan Nations

Presenter 2 Name

Philip J. O'Mara

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 3

Vision and Skepticism in Aelred’s De oneribus

Presenter 3 Name

J. Stephen Russell

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Hofstra Univ.

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1040

Description

Texts and themes in the written works of Aelred of Rievaulx, 12th century English Cistercian abbot.

E. Rozanne Elder