Seven Unpublished Works

Two little-known Cistercian abbots of the twelfth century are introduced to English readers: Serlo of Savigny (d. 1158), the abbot general of the Savigniac congregation who was determined to affiliate his Order with the White Monks of Citeaux; and Serlo of Wilton (d.1181) who entered the Norman abbey of Aumône after lecturing at both Paris and Oxford.

Lawrence C. Braceland, (1912-1987) was professor of classics and dean at Ignatius College, Guelph (Canada), until in 1963 becoming professor of classics and dean of arts and sciences at St. Paul's College, the University of Manitoba. After his retirement in 1978, he devoted himself to Cistercian scholarship, publishing numerous articles and translating in four volumes all the works of the English Cistercian abbot Gilbert of Hoyland.