Rodulfi Glabri Historiarum libri quinque The five books of the histories Eiusdem auctoris, Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis The life of St. William
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Bibliographic Information
Rodulfi Glabri Historiarum libri quinque = The five books of the histories . Eiusdem auctoris, Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis = The life of St. William
（Oxford medieval texts）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989
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Históriarum libri quinque
Historiarum libri quinque
Five books of the histories
Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis
Life of St. William
Rodulfus Glaber Opera
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Históriarum libri quinque
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Latin and English
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for his Five Books of Histories, a major source for events in the first half of the eleventh century, and valuable above all for revealing the mental furniture of an eleventh-century monk - for his account of the millennium, of relics genuine and false, of church-building, and visions of saints and demons. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of the Histories, accompanied by a complete translation
and a full historical commentary. Glaber also wrote a Life of his mentor, St William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer. The Life is reprinted after the Histories, again with translation and notes. The evidence for Glaber's life, and the value of his work are discussed in a Historical
Introduction.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Historical: the life and works of Rodulfus Glaber
- the writing of the "Life of St William" and the "Histories"
- sources and references in Glaber's works
- Glaber and the abbey at Cluny
- the chronicler of the millennia
- St William and the "Life of St William". Part 2 Textual: the manuscripts of the "Histories"
- editions and translations of the "Histories"
- manuscripts and editions of the "Life of St William"
- the use of the "Histories" and the "Life" in the Middle Ages. Part 3 The works of Rodulfus Glaber: "The Five books of the Histories", books 1-5
- "The Life of St William".
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