Have you looked at the letters of Peter the Venerable, edited by Giles Constable? Frans van Liere Department of History, Calvin College 3201 Burton Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/vlieref.htm >>> [log in to unmask] 04/12/00 05:49PM >>> I'm afraid I have to make a clarification concerning my earlier request: we're looking for readings from the works of the abbots of Cluny or from their lives as written by contemporaries or near contemporaries. Thanks. Thomas Sullivan, OSB %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%