Isidore of Seville (560636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. His compilations of the works of earlier authorities formed an essential part of monastic education for centuries. Due to the vast amount of information he gathered and its wide dissemination in the Middle Ages, Pope John Paul II even named Isidore the patron saint of the internet in 1997. This volume represents a cross-section of the various approaches scholars have taken toward Isidore s writings. The essays explore his sources, how he selected and arranged them...
Isidore of Seville (560636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. His compilations of the w...
Richard Avramenko Ethan Alexander-Davey Andrew Fear
This volume explores the place of aristocratic virtues and values in the modern democratic world. Essays examine aristocratic priorities and interpretations of historic and contemporary aristocratic assemblies as well as critiques of liberal or bourgeois virtues, democratic equality, and democratic institutions.
This volume explores the place of aristocratic virtues and values in the modern democratic world. Essays examine aristocratic priorities and interpret...
