The Five Books of the Histories and the Life of St. William

ISBN-13: 9780198222415 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 432 str.

Rodulfus Glaber; Neithard Bulst;France

Opis

The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for his Five Books of the Histories, a major source of information on events in the first half of the 11th century and the life and thought of an 11th-century monk. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of the Histories along with a complete translation and full historical commentary. Including vivid accounts of the millennium, genuine and false relics, church building, and visions of saints and demons, this edition also includes Glaber's Life of his mentor, St. William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer.

Recenzje

'Now, over a century since the last edition of his work, come two superb edition/translations of Rodulfus Glaber, which should form a firm foundation for both a more serious historical analysis of the man and his work and a wider audience for him and for those who work on him. Both editions offer an excellent edition of the text ... there is no doubt that both of these splendid editions now make it possible to study and teach Glaber on a solid foundation. For this, historians of the central Middle Ages, and, eventually, historians of the Europe whose birth Glaber chronicles, have much to thank these scholars.' Richard Landes, Boston University, Speculum, A Journal of Mediveal Studies, Jan 1993