In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age

Year 2013
Type Book
Genre biography
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For readers of Cistercian hagiography; short lives of medieval Cistercian saints, not a modern critical history.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 1 of 5 specialist interest
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 2 of 5 moderate

Merton's sketches of the lives of Cistercian saints and blessed of the order's first centuries, published long after he wrote them.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 0 of 5
Scriptural 1 of 5
Experiential 3 of 5
Sociological 2 of 5
Historical 4 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A collection of Merton's sketches of the lives of the saints and blessed of the Cistercian Order in its golden age, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, published by Cistercian Publications in 2013 and edited by Patrick Hart. The title recalls the valley of Wormwood, the traditional name of the site where Clairvaux was founded. The pieces belong to the hagiographical work Merton did for his order and remained unpublished in his lifetime.

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Catalog IDW.BS62D0.M

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