Cistercian Studies

1 primary work

The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard

by Etienne Gilson and A H C Downes

Published 1 August 1990

This classic study placed the saint squarely among the outstanding theologians of the Middle Ages, and stripped away the sentimentality in which popular piety had wrapped him. Gilson demonstrates in Bernard's works his blend of monastic tradition and the new learning of the early twelfth century.