Dante and the Mystical Tradition Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia

In this study, Steven Botterill explores the intellectual relationship between the greatest poet of the fourteenth century, Dante, and the greatest spiritual writer of the twelfth century, Bernard of Clairvaux. Botterill analyses Bernard's appearance as a character in the closing cantos of the Paradiso in the context of his medieval reputation as a contemplative mystic, devotee of Mary, and, above all, a preacher of outstanding eloquence.Botterill, Steven is the author of 'Dante and the Mystical Tradition Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia' with ISBN 9780521434546 and ISBN 0521434548.