Contents Abbreviations xi Map xiii Introduction xv The Life and Miracles of Bernard the Abbot Geoffrey of Auxerre and ? Raynaud of Foigny Fragment I 3 Geoffrey of Auxerre Fragment II 39 ? Raynaud of Foigny The Second Life of Saint Bernard the Abbot Alan of Auxerre The Author''s Prologue 45 CHAPTER ONE The Family, Childhood, and Character of Saint Bernard 47 CHAPTER TWO His Piety, Compassion, and Cultivation of Chastity 50 CHAPTER THREE He Conceives a Contempt for the World and a Desire to Escape, and Persuades Others 54 CHAPTER FOUR Bernard Enters Cîteaux with His Companions. His Mortification at the Time of His Novitiate There 62 CHAPTER FIVE Bernard''s Gifts and His Personal Appearance 65 CHAPTER SIX The Foundation of Clairvaux and Bernard''s Appointment as Abbot 67 CHAPTER SEVEN Bernard''s Preaching and the Conversion of His Father and Sister 70 CHAPTER EIGHT The Abbot Is Ordained by William, Bishop of Ch'lons, Who Undertakes the Care of His Health 73 CHAPTER NINE His Vision of the Relocation of Clairvaux, and Its Wonderful Discipline under Bernard 76 CHAPTER TEN Bernard''s Extraordinary Self-Denial in Sleep, Food, Drink, and Labor, and His Study of Holy Scripture 79 CHAPTER ELEVEN Miracles Performed by God through Him in Sickness, Noised Abroad by His Followers 83 CHAPTER TWELVE The Healing of Gaudry and His Death: A Suffering Monk''s Liberation from Purgatory 87 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Bernard''s Sickness, Appearance before the Judgment Seat of God, and Cure 89 CHAPTER FOURTEEN His Daily Practice, His Outstanding Virtues, and the Manner of His Speech 91 CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Fame of His Holiness, the Growth of Clairvaux, and His Loving Care for His Brothers 92 CHAPTER SIXTEEN What He Did on His Visit to Saint Hugh and the Carthusians, and the Feigned Conversion of Stephen of Vitry 95 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Bernard''s Wonderful Authority and Reputation Among All 98 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Pope Innocent Is Accepted by His Authority 101 CHAPTER NINETEEN The Reconciliation of the Milanese, and the Miracles He Performed 104 CHAPTER TWENTY Bernard''s Refusal of Rewards and His Disciples'' Pursuit of Them 109 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE His Journey to Aquitaine, and the Conversion of Count William 111 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO His Second Journey to Italy, the Intransigence of Roger of Sicily, and the Submission of Peter of Pisa 117 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The End of Anacletus and His Schism. Bernard Resumes His Exposition of the Song of Songs and Reconciles Count Theobald to the King 121 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR His Patience in Sickness, Abuse, and Rejection 125 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE His Gentle Correction, His Kindness and Charity, and His Writings 128 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX He Attacks Abelard, and Henry the Heretic 133 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Bernard''s Views on the Miracles He Performed. On the Unfortunate Outcome of the Expedition to Jerusalem 137 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT The Confutation of Gilbert de la Porrée; Bernard''s Death Draws Near 140 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE He Brings Peace to the People of Metz 142 CHAPTER THIRTY The Saint''s Demeanor and Final Words while Dying, and His Precious Death 146 CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Appearance of Bernard after His Death, and His Burial 151 The Fourth Life of Saint Bernard the Abbot John the Hermit The Letter of John the Hermit to Peter, Bishop of Tusculanum 157 The Second Letter, to Herbert, Archbishop of Torres 163 Prologue to the Life of Saint Bernard 165 Book One 167 Prologue to the Second Book 175 Book Two 177 Bibliography 195 Scriptural Index 199 Index of Names and Places 205.