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- Title
Projektionsfläche eines Ideals innerhalb der Vita Prima Sancti Bernardi.
- Authors
Handke, Marcus
- Abstract
Bernard's of Clairvaux Vita Prima offers various situations of social, physical, and ascetic withdrawal through different stages of life. In this article, such scenes of separation and contemplation are progressively traced in order to allow a specific analysis of solitude as monastic ideal. Within the narration, it becomes apparent that the unusual course of Bernhard's life is harmonized with spiritual values, whereby solitude occupies a central position. From his parental socialization to his later position on the stage of contemporary church politics, the vita strives to maintain the outer and inner withdrawal as a central component of Bernhard's life and his sanctity. An imperative of self-care stems from concrete actions and behaviors, which is sustained by the genre-typical stylization of the unachievable. Because of this function, it becomes evident that the hagiographic work can be read as a mirror of contemporary interpretations of spiritual solitude.
- Subjects
CHURCH &; politics; VALUES (Ethics); SOLITUDE; NARRATION; CONTEMPLATION; LIFE course approach; SOCIALIZATION
- Publication
Analecta Cisterciensia, 2022, Vol 72, p9
- ISSN
0003-2476
- Publication type
Article