Saint Aldegund, first mystic of the Low Countries. The bride and the Bridegroom in the Merovingian era
Tim Opgenhaffen
Bridal mysticism is generally deemed to have reached the Low Countries under influence of Bernard Clairvaux. His 12th century companion, William St.-Thierry, often considered first mystical theologian Countries. This article wants put this assertion into a different light ; through an analysis Vita Aldegundae Prima, source written more than four centuries before birth Clairvaux, contribution aims offer insight life St. Aldegund. In step sheds on historical Aldegund and realization her Vita. The visions described in will prove be linked herself. Thereafter, second analyses way bridal metaphor has been elaborated these visions. What comes surface bride Bridegroom that very comparable Clairvaux’s sermons Song Songs. leads the...
Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique