The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century

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Hardcover
2009
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Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters.

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Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: New
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Published: 15 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0813216761
ISBN 13: 9780813216768