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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval WestPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781409427353
  • 1409427358
  • 1317120515
  • 9781317120513
  • 1283297396
  • 9781283297394
  • 9786613297396
  • 6613297399
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hugh of Amiens and the twelfth-century Renaissance.DDC classification:
  • 282.092 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1725.H74 F74 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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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.
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)394223

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index.

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.

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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.

English.