A companion to John of Salisbury

Author(s)

• Grellard, Christophe
• Lachaud, Frédérique

Bibliographic Information

A companion to John of Salisbury

edited by Christophe Grellard, Frédérique Lachaud

（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 57）

Brill, c2015

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-457) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Companion to John of Salisbury is the first collective study of this major figure in the intellectual and political life of 12th-century Europe to appear for thirty years. Based on the latest research, thirteen contributions by leading experts in the field provide an overview of John of Salisbury's place in the political debates that marked the reign of Henry II in England as well as of his place in the history of the Church. They also offer a detailed introduction to his philosophical works (Metalogicon, Entheticus), his political thought (Policraticus) and his writing of history (Historia pontificalis). Contributors include Julie Barrau, David Bloch, Karen Bollermann, Cedric Giraud, Christophe Grellard, Laure Hermand-Schebat, Frederique Lachaud, Constant Mews, Clare Monagle, Cary Nederman, Ronald Pepin, Yves Sassier, and Sigbjorn Sonnesyn.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Short Titles Introduction Christophe Grellard and Frederique Lachaud Part One: Historical Context John of Salisbury and the Schools of the 12th Century Cedric Giraud and Constant Mews John of Salisbury and Thomas Becket Karen Bollermann and Cary J. Nederman John of Salisbury as Ecclesiastical Administrator Julie Barrau Part Two: John of Salisbury as a Writer John of Salisbury as a Writer Ronald E. Pepin John of Salisbury and Classical Antiquity Laure Hermand-Schebat John of Salisbury and the Writing of History Clare Monagle Part Three: John of Salisbury and the Intellectual World of the 12th Century John of Salisbury and Law Yves Sassier John of Salisbury's Political Theory Cary J. Nederman John of Salisbury on Science and Knowledge David Bloch Qui recta quae docet sequitur, uere philosophus est. The Ethics of John of Salisbury Sigbjorn Sonnesyn John of Salisbury and Theology Christophe Grellard Part Four: John of Salisbury and his Readers Filiation and Context: The Medieval Afterlife of the Policraticus Frederique Lachaud Sources and Bibliography Index rerum Index nominum

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Details

• NCID: BB18604655
• ISBN:
  • 9789004265103
• LCCN: 2014035753
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 466 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B765.J44
  • DC23 : 189/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres, -1180
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA79320574