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For and Against Abelard - The invective of Bernard of Clairvaux and Berengar of Poitiers (Hardcover)
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For and Against Abelard - The invective of Bernard of Clairvaux and Berengar of Poitiers (Hardcover)
Series: Boydell Medieval Texts
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The famous letters of Bernard of Clairvaux attacking the
philosopher Peter Abelard and a vituperative response to them are
presented together for the first time. The late eleventh and
twelfth centuries were Europe's first age of pamphlet warfare, of
invective and satire. The perceived failure, or at least hypocrisy,
of its new institutions-the new monastic orders and the reformed
papacy-gave rise to the phenomenon, and it was shaped by the study
of grammar and rhetoric in the new Schools. The central figures in
the texts in the present book are Bernard of Clairvaux, the
powerful ostensible founder of the Cistercianorder, and the popular
and influential teacher Peter Abelard, leader of the radical
faction in the Schools of Paris. The event which sparked this
controversy was the Church council at Sens in 1141 which had led to
the condemnation of Abelard's doctrines. Abelard proposed to use
reason to explain the mysteries of faith, and this had led him into
all kinds of difficulties with established church doctrine. The
leading light in the atttack on his ideas was Bernard, the famous
abbot of Clairvaux, a group of whose letters, written to gather
support for it before and after the Council, are presented here. A
little while later Abelard was defended by the vituperative but
otherwise unknown Berengar, who wrote an outrageous Apology
attacking Bernard; we also edit his remaining polemical works: his
Letter to the Carthusians, and his Letter to the Bishop of Mende.
None of Berengar's works has been translated before.An extensive
introductory essay describes the course of the debate and the
personnel, and analyses the invective employed by both Bernard and
Berengar. There is full annotation identifying the writers' sources
and clarifying the issues.
General
Imprint: |
The Boydell Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Boydell Medieval Texts |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
First published: |
2020 |
Editors: |
Rodney M. Thomson
• M. Winterbottom
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
186 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78327-562-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-78327-562-6 |
Barcode: |
9781783275625 |
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