A Saint in the Sun ― Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV

The Background -- The Quietist Controversy -- Sermons and Panegyrics -- Paving the Way: Divisions and Subdivisions in Jacques Biroat -- Moving Forward: Commonplaces and Curiosities in Jean-Franðcois Senault, Bernard Planchette, Claude Texier, and Jean-Louis de Fromentiáeres -- The Bernard of the Strict Observance: Armand Jean de Rancâe -- Bernard Returns to Metz: Jacques-Bâenigne Bossuet -- Touching, Moving, Converting: The Unction of Franðcois Fâenelon -- Bernard in Battle: The Anti-Quietist Polemic ofCharles de La Rue -- The Flames Die Down: The Revised Panegyric of Charles de La Rue -- Bernard the Mystic: Henri-Marie Boudon -- Panegyrical Plagiarism? Claude Lion, Franðcois Ogier, and Esprit Flâechier -- Last of the Fathers and Angel of the Lord: Antoine Anselme and Louis-Bâenigne Bourru -- Bernard the Second Samuel: The Psychological Acuity of Jean-Baptiste Massillon -- Conclusion: The Saint in the Sun -- Appendix I: Technical Terms -- Appendix II: Personalities.