Apologia ad Guillelmum

Author

Bernard of Clairvaux

Language

Medieval Latin

Year

1125

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

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Bernard of Clairvaux's Apologia ad Guillelmum was written in 1125 at the ostensible request of his friend William of Saint-Thierry. It is the key document in the early twelfth century controversy over religious uses of art.