Saint Anselm : a portrait in a landscape

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Saint Anselm : a portrait in a landscape

R.W. Southern

Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In this magisterial account of the life and work of St Anselm, now in paperback, Sir Richard Southern provides a study in depth of one of the most fascinating minds in Christian history.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Part I. From Birth to Rebirth 1033-1070: 1. Escape from confinement
  • 2. The year of decision
  • 3. Anselm and Lanfranc
  • 4. The years of silence
  • Part II. The Radiant Years 1070-1093: 5. Anselm's new start
  • 6. The great 'meditations'
  • 7. The nature and importance of friendship
  • 8. An unwelcome but enlarging world
  • Part III. A Monastic Viewin a Developing World 1093-1109: 9. Anselm and the human condition
  • 10. 'Release my soul from this slavery'
  • 11. A new archbishop's problems of obedience
  • 12. The liberty of the church
  • 13. The liberty of a monastic community
  • 14. An old liberty: the primacy of Canterbury
  • Part IV. The Harvest of Friends and Disciples: 15. Anselm's earliest theological disciples
  • 16. The collectors of Anselm's words and letters
  • 17. Eadmer and Anselm
  • 18. A backward glance
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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