Fragments of a World (eBook)

William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life

Lesley Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
320 Seiten
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-82619-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The first modern biography of medieval French scholar and bishop William of Auvergne. Today, William of Auvergne (1180?-1249) is remembered for his scholarship about the afterlife as well as the so-called Trial of the Talmud. But the medieval bishop of Paris also left behind nearly 600 sermons delivered to all manner of people-from the royal court to the poorest in his care. In Fragments of a World, Lesley Smith uses these sermons to paint a vivid picture of this extraordinary cleric, his parishioners, and their bustling world. The first modern biography of the influential teacher, bishop, and theologian, Fragments of a World casts a new image of William of Auvergne for our times-deeply attuned to both the spiritual and material needs of an ever-changing populace in the medieval city.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.6.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-226-82619-8 / 0226826198
• ISBN-13: 978-0-226-82619-6 / 9780226826196