Cistercian and Monastic Studies Group

Cistercian and Monastic Studies Group

Adam of Perseigne’s Letter III: Friendship and Mary

Fleck, Gertrude

With an emphasis on friendship and Mary, this paper will be a careful reading of Adam of Perseigne’s Letter III addressed to Venerable Abbot William of Turpenay. Four themes will be used as a framework: The human aspect; The ascetical life; The sense of the sacred; The experience of God.