Alan of Lille: the frontiers of theology in the later twelfth century
Alan of Lille was a notable figure in the second half of the twelfth century as a theologian and as a poet and he has seemed as rich and individual a writer to modern scholars as he did to his own contemporaries. This study examines his work as a whole, in an attempt to set his well-known literary a...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1983.
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| In: | Year: 1983 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Alanus, ab Insulis 1120-1202
/ Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Theology
History, Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Theology History Middle Ages, 600-1500 B Alanus ; de Insulis ; -1202 B Alanus de Insulis (-1202) B Alanus B Theology ; History ; Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
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| Summary: | Alan of Lille was a notable figure in the second half of the twelfth century as a theologian and as a poet and he has seemed as rich and individual a writer to modern scholars as he did to his own contemporaries. This study examines his work as a whole, in an attempt to set his well-known literary achievement in the context of his theological writings. He was in many ways a pioneer, an experimenter with several of the new genres of his day, an innovator both as a teacher and as an author. He was not an original thinker so much as an eclectic, drawing on a wide range of the sources available to his contemporaries. He shows us what might be done by a lively-minded scholar with the resources of the day, within the schools of late twelfth-century France, to bring theology alive and make it interesting and challenging to his readers. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511555229 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511555220 |