{"product_id":"the-historical-works-volume-56-9780879072889","title":"The Historical Works: Volume 56","description":"\u003cp\u003eAelred of Rievaulx was an heir of Saxons living under Norman rule, a native speaker of English daily speaking French and Latin, a descendant of generations of married priests in an age when priests were forbidden to wed, an English monk in a French order, an abbot bred to service in the church but trained for service in the court. His sermons and treatises reflect Aelred the monk, the novice-master, and abbot. His historical works 'concerned with the political world of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England ' seek to explore the past as a guide for the present and assurance of the future. Drawing on the Bible, the Fathers of the Church, classical writers like Cicero, and medieval historians such as the Venerable Bede and Symeon of Durham, Aelred insisted on the importance of history for guiding human action, declaring that the meaning of the past can only be known in the present and that only at the end can one understand the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume are four of Aelred's seven historical works: \u003ci\u003eLament for David, King of the Scots \u003c\/i\u003e(1153), \u003ci\u003eThe Genealogy of the Kings of the English \u003c\/i\u003e(1153-1154), \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Saint Edward, King and Confessor\u003c\/i\u003e (1162-63), and \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of the Standard \u003c\/i\u003e(1153-54).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879072889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.64w x 0.69d","brand":"Aelred of Rievaulx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058703032501,"sku":"9780879072889","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d826275f-f3e0-407a-a813-8927f98cfcf8.jpg?v=1738078142","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-historical-works-volume-56-9780879072889","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}