Stained glass representing Bernard. Upper Rhine, ca. 1450

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux by Samuel John Eales

Today’s free book is a biography of Bernard of Clairvaux, part of The Fathers of the Church for English Readers series. This public domain work was scanned from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Samuel John Eales [1839-1896], St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, A.D. 1091-1153. The Fathers of the Church for English Readers. London:…

English Monasteries in the Middle Ages

Today’s free book is a detailed study of English monasteries which features 72 illustrations. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain book available for digitisation. [Thomas Stanley] R[oger Benn] Littledale Palmer [1889-1948], English Monasteries in the Middle Ages. An Outline of Monastic Architecture and Custom from the Conquest to…