In Praise of the New Knighthood
Download or Read eBook In Praise of the New Knighthood PDF written by Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) and published by Cistercian Publications Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) |
| Publisher | : Cistercian Publications Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0879071206 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780879071202 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In Praise of the New Knighthood by : Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux)
Book excerpt: The monk and the knight -- the two quintessentially medieval European heroes -- were combined in the Knights Templar and in the other military orders founded in the era of the Crusades. With characteristic eloquence, Bernard of Clairvaux voices the cleric's view of knights, warfare, and the conquest of the Holy Land in five chapters on the knights' vocation. Then the cistercian abbot who never visited Palestine and discouraged monks who proposed doing so, in another eight chapters, provides a spiritual tour of the pilgrimage sites guarded by this 'new kind of knighthood and one unknown to ages gone by.'
