'… a masterpiece … by one of the most acute, imaginative and incisive of medieval scholars.' Christopher Brooke, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Part I. From Birth to Rebirth 1033–1070: 1. Escape from confinement; 2. The year of decision; 3. Anselm and Lanfranc; 4. The years of silence; Part II. The Radiant Years 1070–1093: 5. Anselm's new start; 6. The great 'meditations'; 7. The nature and importance of friendship; 8. An unwelcome but enlarging world; Part III. A Monastic Viewin a Developing World 1093–1109: 9. Anselm and the human condition; 10. 'Release my soul from this slavery'; 11. A new archbishop's problems of obedience; 12. The liberty of the church; 13. The liberty of a monastic community; 14. An old liberty: the primacy of Canterbury; Part IV. The Harvest of Friends and Disciples: 15. Anselm's earliest theological disciples; 16. The collectors of Anselm's words and letters; 17. Eadmer and Anselm; 18. A backward glance; Appendix; Index.

'… a masterpiece … by one of the most acute, imaginative and incisive of medieval scholars.' Christopher Brooke, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Part I. From Birth to Rebirth 1033–1070: 1. Escape from confinement; 2. The year of decision; 3. Anselm and Lanfranc; 4. The years of silence; Part II. The Radiant Years 1070–1093: 5. Anselm's new start; 6. The great 'meditations'; 7. The nature and importance of friendship; 8. An unwelcome but enlarging world; Part III. A Monastic Viewin a Developing World 1093–1109: 9. Anselm and the human condition; 10. 'Release my soul from this slavery'; 11. A new archbishop's problems of obedience; 12. The liberty of the church; 13. The liberty of a monastic community; 14. An old liberty: the primacy of Canterbury; Part IV. The Harvest of Friends and Disciples: 15. Anselm's earliest theological disciples; 16. The collectors of Anselm's words and letters; 17. Eadmer and Anselm; 18. A backward glance; Appendix; Index.

'… a masterpiece … by one of the most acute, imaginative and incisive of medieval scholars.' Christopher Brooke, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface; Part I. From Birth to Rebirth 1033–1070: 1. Escape from confinement; 2. The year of decision; 3. Anselm and Lanfranc; 4. The years of silence; Part II. The Radiant Years 1070–1093: 5. Anselm's new start; 6. The great 'meditations'; 7. The nature and importance of friendship; 8. An unwelcome but enlarging world; Part III. A Monastic Viewin a Developing World 1093–1109: 9. Anselm and the human condition; 10. 'Release my soul from this slavery'; 11. A new archbishop's problems of obedience; 12. The liberty of the church; 13. The liberty of a monastic community; 14. An old liberty: the primacy of Canterbury; Part IV. The Harvest of Friends and Disciples: 15. Anselm's earliest theological disciples; 16. The collectors of Anselm's words and letters; 17. Eadmer and Anselm; 18. A backward glance; Appendix; Index.