Rodulfus Glaber

The Five Books of the Histories, edited and translated by John France, and The Life of St William, edited by Neithard Bulst and translated by John France and Paul Reynolds

AvRodulfus Glaber,France

Inbunden, Engelska, 1989

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Beskrivning

The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for his Five Books of Histories, a major source for events in the first half of the eleventh century, and valuable above all for revealing the mental furniture of an eleventh-century monk - for his account of the millennium, of relics genuine and false, of church-building, and visions of saints and demons. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of the Histories, accompanied by a complete translation and a full historical commentary. Glaber also wrote a Life of his mentor, St William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer. The Life is reprinted after the Histories, again with translation and notes. The evidence for Glaber's life, and the value of his work are discussed in a Historical Introduction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1989-11-16
Mått:144 x 224 x 30 mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Medieval Texts
Antal sidor:430
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198222415
Översättare:France, John

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`Glaber's Histories were last edited more than a century ago. France's new edition not only makes them more accessible - students, and harassed tutors, will of course benefit greatly from the good and accurate English translation of the author's often clumsy and difficult Latin - but provides a long and illuminating introduction.'History

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Historical: the life and works of Rodulfus Glaber; the writing of the "Life of St William" and the "Histories"; sources and references in Glaber's works; Glaber and the abbey at Cluny; the chronicler of the millennia; St William and the "Life of St William". Part 2 Textual: the manuscripts of the "Histories"; editions and translations of the "Histories"; manuscripts and editions of the "Life of St William"; the use of the "Histories" and the "Life" in the Middle Ages. Part 3 The works of Rodulfus Glaber: "The Five books of the Histories", books 1-5; "The Life of St William".