A companion to Gregory the Great / edited by Bronwen Neil and Matthew Dal Santo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neil, Bronwen.

Dal Santo, Matthew.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.

Gregory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 427 pages).

Other Title:

Brill's Companions to Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies Online.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What made Pope Gregory I "great"? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's "greatness" from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his contemporaries; and what is unique about Gregory's contribution through his many written works to the development of human thought and described human experience.

Contents:

Part 1 The Life and Context of Gregory I

1 The Papacy in the Age of Gregory the Great / Bronwen Neil Neil, Bronwen 3

2 Gregory's Missions to the Barbarians / Cristina Ricci Ricci, Cristina 29

3 Gregory the Great, the Empire and the Emperor / Matthew Dal Santo Santo, Matthew Dal 57

4 Gregory the Great and Monasticism / Barbara Müller Müller, Barbara 83

5 Gregory and the Greek East / Phil Booth Booth, Phil 109

Part 2 Gregory's Theological Vision

6 The Theology of Gregory the Great: Christ, Salvation and the Church / Bernard Green Green, Bernard 135

7 Gregory's Eschatology / Jane Baun Baun, Jane 157

8 Gregory's Moral Theology: Divine Providence and Human Responsibility / Carole Straw Straw, Carole 177

9 Gregory's Model of Spiritual Direction in the Liber Regulae Pastoralis / George E. Demacopoulos Demacopoulos, George E. 205

10 Hagiography and the Cult of Saints / Stephen Lake Lake, Stephen 225

Part 3 Literary Aspects of Gregory's Works

11 Gregory's Literary Inheritance / John Moorhead Moorhead, John 249

12 Gregory's Exegesis: Old and New Ways of Approaching the Scriptural Text / Scott DeGregorio DeGregorio, Scott 269

13 A Cooperative Correspondence: The Letters of Gregory the Great / Richard Matthew Pollard Pollard, Richard Matthew 291

Part 4 Reception

14 The Legacy of Gregory the Great in the Latin West / Constant J. Mews Mews, Constant J., Claire Renkin Renkin, Claire 315

15 Gregory the Great in the Byzantine Tradition / Andrew Louth Louth, Andrew 343

16 The Reception of Gregory in the Renaissance and Reformation / Ann Kuzdale Kuzdale, Ann 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-418) and index.

ISBN:

9789004257764

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004257764

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.