The Letters of Peter the Venerable, Volume 1; Volume 78Giles Constable presents the first critical edition of the letters of Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, to appear since the first printed edition was published in 1522. The text, based upon a comparison of all known manuscripts, is printed in Volume I and is an important source for the history of the first half of the twelfth century. An introduction, appendices, and notes which touch broadly upon the ecclesiastical, intellectual, and political history of the period are provided in Volume II. |
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... medieval letters are frequently disappointing . " The amount of senti- ment , and especially of religious generalities , " Stubbs remarked in one of his lectures , " seems altogether out of proportion to the amount of news . " For ...
... medieval letters are frequently disappointing . " The amount of senti- ment , and especially of religious generalities , " Stubbs remarked in one of his lectures , " seems altogether out of proportion to the amount of news . " For ...
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... medieval letters are preserved in collections which go back more or less directly to the issuer : not to the issuer who is often named in the addresses , which may vary greatly in the same collection , but to the man who drew them up ...
... medieval letters are preserved in collections which go back more or less directly to the issuer : not to the issuer who is often named in the addresses , which may vary greatly in the same collection , but to the man who drew them up ...
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... medieval correspondence . 4. STYLE The art of writing letters in the Middle Ages was governed by the rules known collectively as the dictamen or ars dictandi , the art of composing . Starting from the books of formulas drawn up ...
... medieval correspondence . 4. STYLE The art of writing letters in the Middle Ages was governed by the rules known collectively as the dictamen or ars dictandi , the art of composing . Starting from the books of formulas drawn up ...
Contents
VOLUME I | 9 |
IIThe Text Tradition | 45 |
III The Present Edition | 81 |
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