Victorine restoration : essays on Hugh of St Victor, Richard of St Victor, and Thomas Gallus / edited by Robert J. Porwoll, David Allison Orsbon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porwoll, Robert J., editor.

Orsbon, David Allison, editor.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 39.

Cursor Mundi ; volume 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141.

Hugh.

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173.

Richard.

Thomas, Gallus, -1246.

Thomas.

Saint-Victor (Abbey : Paris, France).

Learning and scholarship--France--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Learning and scholarship.

Learning and scholarship--Medieval.

History.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

376 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]

Summary:

The Victorines were scholars and teachers of philosophy, liberal arts, sacred scripture, music, and contemplation at the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris. This collection focuses on the three greatest Victorines: Hugh (d. 1141), who established the direction of the school; Richard (d. 1173), who developed Victorine contemplation; and Thomas Gallus (d. 1246), who culminated Victorine contemplative thought and transmitted it to other schools, especially the Franciscans. They offer an innovative revival of the Christian spiritual and intellectual tradition for their reforming pastoral mission in their urban setting and for the Church.00Their contemporaries saw the Victorines as beacons of spiritual love and intellectual richness. Later reformers and thinkers held their writings as touchstones of contemplative love, including, for example, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, Jean Gerson, Thomas à Kempis, the 'Devotio Moderna', and many others. The writings of the Victorines found broad appeal among later medieval readers, as well as praise among early modern reformers, Protestant and Catholic alike. In recent decades, the Victorines have returned to scholarly attention and renewed appreciation. Scholarly studies, critical editions, and translation projects reveal the treasures of Victorine thought and spirituality.00This volume showcases the findings of recent research and scholarly advances in Victorine studies, offering new readers a 'status quaestionis' of the field. It also features new research by eminent experts in Victorine thought that points out promising directions for future research, thus offering important new findings for established specialists.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Hugh

A Trinitarian Introduction to Hugh of St Victor's Exegesis

Texts, Purpose, Reception / Andrew Benjamin Salzmann

The Sacraments of Christian Faith

A Key Concept within Hugh of St Victor's Doctrine / Rainer Berndt

`In Its Extraordinary Arrangement'

Hugh of Saint Victor, the History of Salvation, and the World Map of The Mystic Ark / Conrad Rudolph

Hugh's Commentary on the Celestial Hierarchy / Dominique Poirel

Richard

After the Manner of a Contemplative, According to the Nature of Contemplation

Richard of Saint-Victor's De contemplatione / Ineke van't Spijker

Restoration through Experiential Exegesis

A Study of Richard of Saint-Victor's Benjamin minor / David Allison Orsbon

From Triad to Trinity

Richard of St Victor and the Renaissance of Trinitarian Theology in the Twelfth and Twentieth Century / Nico den Bok

Free and Abundant Love

Constructive Considerations on the Four Degrees of Violent Love / Kyle Rader

Thomas Gallus

Dionysian Elements, Structures, and Limits

Thomas Gallus, Interpreter and Spiritual Author / Csaba Nemeth

Thomas Gallus' Explanatio and Dionysian Thought / Katherine Wrisley Shelby.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-361) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9782503585130

2503585132

OCLC:

1268130953