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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458363303321

Autore

Mantello Frank A.C.

Titolo

The letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln / / Translated with Introduction and Annotation by F.A.C. Mantello and Joseph Goering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-9883-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Disciplina

282.092

Soggetti

Philosophers - Great Britain

Philosophers, Medieval

Theologians - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-489) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Letters -- Appendix: Summaries of Letters, by Correspondent -- Select Annotated Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Quotations and Allusions -- Index of Classical, Patristic, and Medieval Sources -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Robert Grosseteste (c.1170-1253) was an English statesman, philosopher, theologian, and bishop of Lincoln, and also one of the most controversial figures in his country's episcopate. His long life coincided with the central period of institutional, intellectual, and religious consolidation in medieval Europe and his letters provide important insights into the practices and preoccupations of the English clergy and laity in the first half of the thirteenth century.This volume contains the first complete translation of Grosseteste's collected Latin letters and shows that these were most likely chosen and arranged by Grosseteste himself. Shedding light on some of the period's crucial debates on issues of theology, law, pastoral care, and episcopal authority, Frank Mantello and Joseph Goering's richly annotated English translation makes his letters more accessible than ever for scholars and



students, and for those interested in medieval history, religion, and culture.