Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167)

Marsha L. Dutton, Ph.D. (1981), is Professor Emerita of Medieval Literature at Ohio University and Executive Editor of Cistercian Publications. She has edited nine translations of Aelred’s works, published numerous articles, and prepared the Aelred bibliography for Oxford Bibliographies Online.

• AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1Aelred of Rievaulx: Abbot, Teacher, and WriterMarsha L. Dutton2Aelred on Abbatial ResponsibilitiesDaniel M. La CortePart I: Aelred’s Works3The Sermons of Aelred of Rievaulx Domenico Pezzini4Anthropology and Cosmology: The Foundational Principles of Aelred’s SpiritualityJohn R. Sommerfeldt 5Aelred as a Historian among HistoriansElizabeth FreemanPart II: Aelred’s Teaching6“At the Feet of His Dearest Mother”: Aelred’s Teaching on Mary in the Sermons of the First Clairvaux CollectionMarie Anne Mayeski 7Affectivity in the Spiritual Writings of Aelred of Rievaulx Damien Boquet 8Aelred of Rievaulx: An Illiterate, or a True Master of Spiritual Teaching? Pierre-André Burton 9Aelred’s Doctrine of Charity and FriendshipDomenico Pezzini10The Sacramentality of Community in Aelred Marsha L. Dutton 11Working out One’s Salvation in the World: Aelred and Lay Spirituality Katherine YoheBibliographyBibliotheca aelrediana secunda: SupplementaPierre-André BurtonIndices

“essential reading for students and scholars […] the chapters collected in this companion should do much to encourage and assist the development of new approaches to the life and works of Aelred of Rievaulx, whose reputation as one of the foremost thinkers of 12th-century England, and whose accessibility to new students, is only enhanced by the discussions featured within this companion.” - Charlie Rozier, Swansea University, in: Reviews in History, August 2017 (review no. 2158) [DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2158]