Aelred of Rievaulx: The Historical Works
Freeman, Elizabeth, The Catholic Historical Review
Aelred of Rievaulx: The Historical Works. Translated by Jane Patricia Freeland; edited, with an Introduction and Annotations, by Marsha L. Dutton. [Cistercian Fathers Series, Number 56.] (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications. 2005. Pp. xii, 306. Paperback.)
This book includes translations of four tests by Aelred of Rievauls: Genealogia regum Anglorum (as well as the Lamentatio David Regis Scotie, which appears in manuscripts in tandem with the GRA), Vita sancti Edwardi, and De bello standardii. Although it has always been known that Aelred, the great twelfth-century English Cistercian abbot, wrote historical works as well as spiritual treatises, scholarship on his …
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Publication information:
Article title: Aelred of Rievaulx: The Historical Works.
Contributors: Freeman, Elizabeth - Author.
Journal title: The Catholic Historical Review.
Volume: 93.
Issue: 2
Publication date: April 2007.
Page number: 391+.
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