Hugh of Amiens and the twelfth-century Renaissance / Ryan P. Freeburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeburn, Ryan P.

Series:

Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West.

Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hugh, of Amiens, Archbishop of Rouen, approximately 1080-1164.

Hugh.

Church history--12th century.

Church history.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century who, during a long lifetime, served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot and archbishop of Rouen. This book examines his writings to uncover the theological preoccupations of the period, particularly the development of systematic theology and views on the differences between the monastic and clerical ways of life.

Contents:

Hugh of Amiens: cleric, monk and bishop

The epistola gravioni: the origin of the soul and the beginning of a career

The poems of Hugh of Amiens

The dialogues and the early stages of systematic theology

Hugh of Amiens and the monastic life: Cluny, monk-priests, and the reprehensio

A saintly crusader and hermit: the vita sancti adjutoris

"In principio Deus creavit":

In hexaemeron and the tradition of hexaemeral commentary

Hugh of Amiens and the heretics: the polemics of contra haereticos

Speculation, contemplation and a host of septenaries: super fide catholica et oratione dominica

De memoria: memory and unity in the face of schism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58727-0

1-317-12051-5

1-283-29739-6

9786613297396

1-4094-2735-8

9781315587271

OCLC:

759807199