Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

by Ryan P Freeburn, Brenda Bolton, Anne J Duggan, Damian J Smith

Overview

Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot, and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems, biblical exegesis, anti-heretical polemics, and most importantly one of the earliest collections of systematic theology, his Dialogues. This book examines all of Hugh's writings to uncover a better understanding not only of this individual, but also of the twelfth-century as a whole, especially the theological preoccupations of the period, including the development of systematic theology and views on the differences of the monastic and clerical ways of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409482611
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	07/28/2013
Series:	Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Ryan P. Freeburn is Chairman of the Department of History at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy,Ontario, Canada. His research interests include the Twelfth-Century Renaissance, monasticism, and medieval Church reform movements.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; 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; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.