Abelard's Mockery of St Anselm

Every reader of Abelar's Historia Calamilatum, the ‘story of his misfortunes’, knows how he mocked histnaster, Anselm of Laon. What has not been made clear is that he mocked in a comparable way a master of even greater standing, St Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury. The reason why this latter at...

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Main Author: Clanchy, M. T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1990
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 1990, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23
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