Fortune and misfortune at Saint Gall = Casus sancti Galli / Ekkehard IV ; translated by Emily Albu and Natalia Lozovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekkehard IV, approximately 980-approximately 1060, author.

Contributor:

Albu, Emily, 1945- editor, translator.

Lozovsky, Natalia, editor, translator.

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 68.

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 68

Standardized Title:

Casus Sancti Galli

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Kloster St. Gallen.

Monastic and religious life--Switzerland--Saint Gall--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Early works to 1800.

Monastic and religious life.

Ekkehard IV, approximately 980-approximately 1060. Casus Sancti Galli.

Ekkehard.

Kloster St. Gallen--History--Sources--Early works to 1800.

History.

Switzerland--Saint Gall.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 506 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Casus sancti Galli

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

Latin with English translation following; introduction and notes in English.

Summary:

"The stories recounted by Ekkehard IV in his Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall (Casus sancti Galli) have given shape and color to much of what we know about medieval monks and the wider world beyond their monastery. In his preface, Ekkehard stated that he would record "fortunate and unfortunate events that happened at the monastery of Saint Gall and Saint Otmar," repeating the words fortunia et infortunia three times in the same introductory passage. In the preface, Ekkehard also warned his audience that tracing the changing fortunes of his monastery would be a difficult task because that would touch upon the controversial subject of monastic discipline. Here Ekkehard introduced a theme that he and his fellow monks found vitally important because of the issues lying at the heart of monastic reform. From the very beginning, Ekkehard expressed his disapproval of the reform movement. In the Casus Ekkehard only hinted at contemporary debates and figures, but he was more outspoken when adding notes in the margins of manuscripts. For Ekkehard, the major issue at stake was the understanding of monastic discipline as dictated by the Rule of Benedict, and in broader terms, the nature and meaning of monastic life in its relationship to the world outside"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Container of: Ekkehard IV, approximately 980-approximately 1060. Casus Sancti Galli.

Container of: Ekkehard IV, approximately 980-approximately 1060. Casus Sancti Galli. English.

ISBN:

0674251466

9780674251465

OCLC:

1198017553

Publisher Number:

99987674193