Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor - A Medieval Guide to the Arts

This is the first complete translation into English of Hugh of Saint Victor's Didascalicon. Composed in the late 1130s, the Didascalicon selects and defines all of the important areas of knowledge, demonstrating that not only are these areas essentially integrated, but that in their integrity they are necessary for the attainment of human perfection and divine destiny.

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction
The Didascalicon
Preface
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Appendices
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Translated by Jerome Taylor

Summary

This is the first complete translation into English of Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon, composed in the late 1130's.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh, St.Victor Hugh, Jerome Taylor
• Assisted by: J. Taylor (Translation), Jerome Taylor (Translation), Taylor Jerome (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.1991
• EAN: 9780231096300
• ISBN: 978-0-231-09630-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Records of Western Civilization Series; Records of Western Civilization Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General