Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Three Lives of Aefred of Rievaulx 1
Chapter 2 Precedents: In the Footsteps of Saint Bernard 14
Chapter 3 Son of the North: Aelred in Context 34
Chapter 4 Friends and Rivals: Aelred and His Neighbors 64
Chapter 5 Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Aelred and the Care of Women 96
Chapter 6 A Time for Peace: Aelred of Rievaulx and the End of the Anglo-Norman Civil War 130
Chapter 7 Behind the Scenes: Aelred of Rievaulx, the Lords of Galloway, and the Kings of Scotland 149
Chapter 8 Trusted Counselor: Aelred of Rievaulx and King Henry II 172
Chapter 9 The Wrong Side of History: Aelred, Rievaulx, and Thomas Becket 194
Chapter 10 Conclusion: Aelred of Rievaulx: Politician and Peacemaker 223
Appendix 1 Chronological Table 236
Appendix 2 Abbot Aelred of Rievaulx's Letter to Gilbert, Venerable Bishop of London R. Jacob McDonie 242
Appendix 3 Aelred's Homily for the Feast of Saint Katherine of Alexandria Marie Anne Mayeski 250
Appendix 4 Sermon for the Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor Tom Licence 260
Appendix 5 A Letter from Rievaulx to Archbishop Thomas Becket Translated Jean Truax 274
Bibliography 282
Index 313