Medievalists.net » Aelred of Rievaulx http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 They Hasten toward Perfection: Virginal & Chaste Monks in the High Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/they-hasten-toward-perfection-virginal-chaste-monks-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/they-hasten-toward-perfection-virginal-chaste-monks-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:50:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46255 As perennial Christian ideals, virginity and chastity were frequent themes in medieval religious discourse. Male religious were frequently virgins and were expected to cultivate chastity; however, women not men were usually the focus of such discussions. But some monastic writers did draw on those models when considering their own spirituality, and it is worth knowing how they were understood and enlisted in those instances.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/they-hasten-toward-perfection-virginal-chaste-monks-in-the-high-middle-ages/feed/ 0 St. Ninian of Whithorn http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:40:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45632 My interest here is in finding usable information regarding the centuries before Bede and in the way in which new data, especially the outstanding recent archaeological discoveries at Whithom in Wigtownshire (which is certainly the site of Candida Casal. might support and add to his picture of St. Ninian and the importance of his church at Candida Casa.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/feed/ 0 The King’s Three Images: The representation of St. Edward the Confessor in historiography, hagiography and liturgy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:25:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45533 This study will revolve around the characterisation of Edward as constructed in the various surviving texts, and its emphasis will be twofold: my primary concern is to explore how St. Edward the Confessor's images were constructed, i.e. how he is represented in the various texts written about him.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/feed/ 0 Aereld of Rievaulx and the Creation of An Anglo Saxon Past http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/aereld-of-rievaulx-and-the-creation-of-an-anglo-saxon-past/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/aereld-of-rievaulx-and-the-creation-of-an-anglo-saxon-past/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:19:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31864 This paper summary is part of a session on English Cistercians and focused on Aelred of Rievaulx and the abbey of Hexum.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/aereld-of-rievaulx-and-the-creation-of-an-anglo-saxon-past/feed/ 0 Love, Marriage, and Happiness: Changing Systems of Desire in Fourteenth-Century England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/14/love-marriageand-happiness-changing-systems-of-desire-in-fourteenth-century-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/14/love-marriageand-happiness-changing-systems-of-desire-in-fourteenth-century-england/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:39:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29299 It is my intention not only to explore the discourse of love and desire in the fourteenth century, but also to examine how the ideas have been altered from those present in the Anglo-Norman and Latin material that was written or widely read in twelfth-century England and what pressures and influences may have brought about these changes.

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