The Life of Saint Hugh of Avalon by Giraldus, Gerald of Wales

The Life of Saint Hugh of Avalon

Fontes Mediaevalium

Giraldus, Gerald of Wales with Richard M. Loomis (Translator)

151 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history religion informative medium-paced
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Born about the year 1140 in the foothills of the Alps near Grenoble, Hugh of Avalon became a Carthusian monk at La Grande Chartreuse, observing an ascetic discipline devoted to prayer and contemplation. In his mid-40s, he was summoned to England t...

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