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Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Ranc

by N Bell David

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

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In this book, David N. Bell explores what Cistercian writers and preachers have said about Mary from the time of the founding fathers of the Order to Armand-Jean de Rancé, who introduced the Cistercian Strict Observance and who died in 1700. This work is divided into three parts. The first part presents some selective background material on Mary that is necessary for understanding where the Cistercian writers are coming from and the sources and ideas they are using. The next eight chapters, the second part of the book, examine the Marian ideas of Cistercian writers from Bernard of Clairvaux to a number of visionaries, both male and female, who take us to the very end of the thirteenth century. There is then a gap of more than three centuries--the reasons are given at the end of chapter 12--before we arrive at the birth of Armand-Jean de Rancé in 1626. The final chapters--part 3 of the book--summarize the life of Rancé, examine the place of Mary at La Trappe, and present annotated translations of Rancé's five conferences for three Marian feasts: the Nativity of Mary, the Annunciation, and the Assumption.
Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Ranc and The Meditations with a Monastic Commentary
The Meditations with a Monastic CommentaryHandmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Ranc

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Liturgical Press

  • Published

    October 2021

  • Weight

    509g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780879071882

  • ISBN-10

    0879071885

  • Eden Code

    5575354

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