Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot, and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems, biblical exegesis, anti-heretical polemics, and most importantly one of the earliest collections of systematic theology, his Dialogues. This book examines all of Hugh's writings to uncover a better understanding not only of this individual, but also of the twelfth-century as a whole, especially the theological preoccupations of the period, including the development of systematic theology and views on the differences of the monastic and clerical ways of life.
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Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot, and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems, biblical exegesis, anti-heretical polemics, and most importantly one of the earliest collections of systematic theology, his Dialogues. This book examines all of Hugh's writings to uncover a better understanding not only of this individual, but also of the twelfth-century as a whole, especially the theological preoccupations of the period, including the development of systematic theology and views on the differences of the monastic and clerical ways of life.
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Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

by Ryan P. Freeburn
Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

by Ryan P. Freeburn

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Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric, Cluniac monk, abbot, and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems, biblical exegesis, anti-heretical polemics, and most importantly one of the earliest collections of systematic theology, his Dialogues. This book examines all of Hugh's writings to uncover a better understanding not only of this individual, but also of the twelfth-century as a whole, especially the theological preoccupations of the period, including the development of systematic theology and views on the differences of the monastic and clerical ways of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409427346
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
Edition description: 1
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ryan P. Freeburn is Chairman of the Department of History at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy,Ontario, Canada. His research interests include the Twelfth-Century Renaissance, monasticism, and medieval Church reform movements.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Hugh of Amiens:; Chapter 2 The Epistola Gravioni:; Chapter 3 The Poems of Hugh of Amiens; Chapter 4 The Dialogues and the Early Stages of Systematic Theology; Chapter 5 Hugh of Amiens and the Monastic Life:; Chapter 6 A Saintly Crusader and Hermit:; Chapter 7 ‘In principio Deus creavit’:; Chapter 8 Hugh of Amiens and the Heretics:; Chapter 9 Speculation, Contemplation and a Host of Septenaries:; Chapter 10 De memoria:; Chapter 101 Conclusion;
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