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Inquiring into the historical works of Aelred of Rievaulx one can find a description of the exemplary 'good' death of kings and other important persons. At the same time, they show that these descriptions deal with the phenomenon which would, in the XV century, later be called ars moriendi.
An zweiter Stelle stehen Reisen „einfacher" Reisenden, die durch wahres Glauben mit der Kirche verbunden waren. Nur an dieser Art von Besuchem hatten die polemisch eingestellten Vater der damaligen Kirche wenig Interesse, um sie namentlich in eigenen Schriften zu erwahnen. Vielleicht aber betrachteten sie ihre Reisen in die ewige Stadt als etwas ganz Normales.
Hac in brevi dissertatiuncula auctor epistolam Joannis Maxentii monachi, quae responsio ad epistolam Hormisdae papae (514-523) habetur, uti exemplum invectivae christianae tractat atque late scrutatur.
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