Self and Society in Medieval France - The Memoirs of Abbot Guilbert of Nogent

Informationen zum Autor John F. Benton was the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, at the California Institute of Technology. Klappentext In its original printing, this edition of the Autobiography was greeted in Saturday Review as ‘a treasure-house of information on education, monastic life, and the beginnings of the great medieval towns … also delightful reading with its mingling of scholarship and superstition, its stories of necromancy and devils, its other-worldliness warring with human weakness.‘ Originally published by Harper Torchbooks, 1970. Zusammenfassung 'His [Guilbert of Nogent (d. 1124), a Benedictine monk and historiographer] "Memoirs" are equally interesting and provide precious insights into French culture of the 11th and 12th centuries.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

John F. Benton was the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, at the California Institute of Technology.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John F Benton, John F. Benton, BENTON JOHN F, Guibert Abbot of Nogent-Sous-Coucy 1053, Guibert of Nogent
• Mitarbeit: John F Benton (Herausgeber), John F. Benton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.1984
• EAN: 9780802065506
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-6550-6
• Seiten: 277
• Serien: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching; Medieval Academy Reprints for; MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching; Medieval Academy Reprints for; Mart: The Medieval Academy Rep
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika