Libellus de Diversis Ordinibus et Professionibus qui Sunt in Aecclesia

This important reprint provides new exhibitions and significant research from recent years including J.G. Link's Review of Canaletto 1976-88 (Volume I), detailed revisions of catalogue entries, and a new nine-page section of illustrations in volume I that reproduces all newly-discovered works not previously illustrated. In addition, the book provides a reprint of Constable's masterly biography with necessary amendments set out in the Review, and a supplementary Index in volume II, containing additions and amendments to the catalogue raisonne.

Summary

The Libellus de Diversis Ordinibus was written in the 1130s or 1140s, probably in the diocese of Liège, a recognized centre of religious and intellectual activity at the time. It is a description of the similarities and differences among the various orders of monks, canons, and hermits, and, though clearly a contribution to a contemporary debate, is more analytical than polemical. Its unknown author, 'R', perhaps a regular canon, builds his case by demonstrating how each order and profession corresponds to a group mentioned in the Old Testament: thus prefigured and performing their proper functions they all fill a legitimate place within the unity of the Church. It is an invaluable source for religious life in the twelfth century, offering detailed insights into contemporary assumptions and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Giles Constable, Bernard S. Smith
• Assisted by: G. Constable (Editor), Giles Constable (Editor), Giles (School of Historical Studies Constable (Editor), Constable Giles (Editor), Bernard S. Smith (Editor), Bernard S. (former Professor of History Smith (Editor), Smith Bernard S. (Editor), Giles Constable (Translation), Bernard S. Smith (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.1972
• EAN: 9780198222187
• ISBN: 978-0-19-822218-7
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 224 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 296 g
• Illustrations: halftone frontispiece and 1 table
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
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