Isidore of Seville and his reception in the early Middle Ages : transmitting and transforming knowledge / edited by Andrew Fear and Jamie Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fear, Andrew, editor.

Wood, Jamie, 1978- editor.

Series:

Late antique and early medieval Iberia.

Late antique and early medieval Iberia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636--Congresses.

Isidore.

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636--Influence--Congresses.

Christian literature, Early--Latin authors--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Fathers of the church.

Bishops--Spain--Seville.

Bishops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Leeds, UK : Arc Humanities Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Isidore of Seville (560-636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. His compilations of the works of earlier authorities formed an essential part of monastic education for centuries. Due to the vast amount of information he gathered and its wide dissemination in the Middle Ages, Pope John Paul II even named Isidore the patron saint of the Internet in 1997. This volume represents a cross section of the various approaches scholars have taken toward Isidore's writings. The essays explore his sources, how he selected and arranged them for posterity, and how his legacy was reflected in later generations' work across the early medieval West. Rich in archival detail, this collection provides a wealth of interdisciplinary expertise on one of history's greatest intellectuals.

Contents:

Preface / Paul Fouracre

A family affair : Leander, Isidore and the legacy of Gregory the Great in Spain / Jamie Wood

Variations on a theme : Isidore and Pliny on human and human-instigated anomaly / Mary Beagon

Putting the pieces back together : Isidore and De natura rerum / Andrew Fear

The politics of history-writing : problematizing the historiographical origins of Isidore of Seville in early medieval Hispania / Michael J. Kelly

Isidorian texts in seventh-century Ireland / Mariana Smyth

Isidore of Seville in Anglo-Saxon England : the Synonyma as a source of Felix's Vita S. Guthlaci / Claudia Di Sciacca

Hispania et Italia : Paul the Deacon, Isidore, and the Lombards / Christopher Heath

Rylands MS Latin 12 : a Carolingian example of Isidore's reception into the patristic canon / Melissa Markauskas

Adoption, adaptation, & authority : the use of Isidore in the Opus Caroli / Laura Carlson.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69817-4

1-04-078699-5

90-485-5122-6

90-485-2676-0

9781003698173

OCLC:

953970353