The Life and Times of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, AD 1091-1153 (Paperback)

Book I: 1. Saint Bernard's birth; 2. Choice of a career; 3. Growth of Citeaux; 4. Foundation of the Order of Citeaux; 5. Saint Bernard's friend, William of Thierry; 6. Visits to Paris; 7. Secular episode; 8. Quarrel with the Bishop of Paris; 9. Literary compositions; Book II: 1. Death of Pope Honorius II; 2. William, Count of Aquitaine, still favours Anacletus; 3. Converts at Clairvaux; 4. Third journey to Italy; 5. Death of Saint Bernard's brother, Gerard; Book III: 1. Letter of William of St Thierry to Saint Bernard and the Bishop of Chartres; 2. Life of Peter Abelard up to the Council of Sens, AD 1140; 3. Theology of Abelard; 4. The Council of Sens; 5. Saint Bernard as a monk and ruler of monks; 6. The Immaculate Conception; Book IV: 1. Condition of Syria and the East up to the middle of the Twelfth Century; 2. The Second Crusade preached by Saint Bernard; 3. The Second Crusade; 4. Acts of Saint Bernard during the progress of the Crusade; 5. The last years of Saint Bernard.