Publication and the papacy in late antiquity and the Middle Ages / Samu Niskanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niskanen, Samu, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Publishing--Europe--History.

Catholic Church.

Publishers and publishing--Europe--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Literature, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates that throughout the medieval period, papal involvement in the publication of new works was a phenomenon, which surged in the eleventh century. The efforts by four authors to use their papal connexions in the interests of publicity are examined as case studies. The first two are St Jerome and Arator, late antique writers who became highly influential partly due to their declaration that their literary projects enjoyed papal sanction. Appreciation of their publication strategies sets the scene for a comparison with two eleventh-century authors, Fulcoius of Beauvais and St Anselm. This Element argues that papal involvement in publication constituted a powerful promotional technique. It is a hermeneutic that brings insights into both the aspirations and concerns of medieval authors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Publication and the Papacy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Jerome and Pope Damasus

2.1 A New Latin Translation of the Gospels

2.2 Protection by Papal Commission

2.3 The Impact

3 Arator and Pope Vigilius

3.1 The Impact

4 Fulcoius of Beauvais and Pope Alexander II

4.1 A Presentation at Rome

4.2 A Textbook for Schools

5 Anselm, Hugh of Die and Pope Urban II

5.1 The Monologion and Proslogion: Hugh of Die, Papal Legate to France

5.2 De incarnatione Verbi and Commendatio operis: Pope Urban II

6 Conclusions

List of Abbreviations

References

Manuscripts Cited

Printed Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Acknowledgement.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Dec 2021).

ISBN:

9781009118354

1009118358

9781009118156

1009118153

9781009109864

1009109863

OCLC:

1492993169