Gregory the Great and His World

ISBN-13: 9780521586085 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 268 str.

R. A. Markus

Opis

The book is a study of Gregory the Great, the pope who sent Augustine (of Canterbury) and his fellow missionaries to convert the heathen English to Christianity (597). Markus gives a full account of Gregory's life and work, his thought and spirituality, within the setting of the world at the end of the sixth century. At a time of catastrophic change in Europe, Gregory's work as pope stands on the threshold of medieval Western Europe. The book deals with every aspect of his pontificate, providing a major contribution to the study of late antique society.

Recenzje

'Easily accessible to the non-specialist, it is also a carefully argued piece of scholarship …[this] will no doubt be the standard monograph on this famous Pope for a long time to come.' Wolfram Kinzig, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction: a contemplative in a troubled world; 2. Integritas animi: ministry in the Church; 3. Sapienter indoctus: scriptural understanding; 4. Appropinquante mundi termino: the world in its old age; 5. The Christian community and its neighbours; 6. Christiana respublica: within the confines of the Empire; 7. Terra mea: Italy between two worlds; 8. Argus luminosissimus: the pope as landlord; 9. Scissum corpus: the schism of the Three Chapters; 10. Ravenna and Rome: and beyond; 11. In cunctis mundi partibus; the Far West; 12. Inconcussam servare proviciam: dissent in Africa; Epilogue; Appendix: On the distribution of Gregory's correspondence; Glossary of terms for offices; Index to Gregory's works.