The Letters of Peter of Celle

ISBN-13: 9780198204459

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Peter of Celle was a figure of great authority and influence in twelfth-century France. His letters offer unique insight into the ideals and values of the monastic world at a critical turning point for western religion. This is the first translation of his correspondence and the first complete modern edition.

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This splendid new edition opens up a segment of the Benedictine world at a point when it was most cosmopolitan ... Julian Haseldine's lucid translations enable us to follow the complex interlacing of biblical image and metaphor which gives Peter's prose a luxuriant richness.