[F] Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux to Melisende of Jerusalem (1143–44)

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In this letter, Bernard, former abbot of Clairvaux and head of the powerful Cistercian order, gives advice to the newly-widowed Melisende on the matter of rule of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

This letter has been translated and made available for distribution by the Epistolae project: https://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/246.html

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