The Clerical Dilemma Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century |
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| Author:
| Cotts, John D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8132-1676-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Catholic University of America Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.95USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters.
Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters.