The Twelfth-Century Renaissance : : A Reader / / Alex J. Novikoff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Novikoff, Alex J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.)

The twelfth century was a time of new ideas and creative innovation spurred on by patron-monarchs like King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, poets like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, lovers and intellectuals like Abelard and Heloise, and religious thinkers like Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard of Bingen. In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes. With reference to this ongoing historiographical debate, Novikoff embraces the harmony of disharmonies and allows the authors of the twelfth century to define the period for themselves. He situates classic works against a broad backdrop of other sources, many appearing in translation for the first time, in order to highlight the period's diverse currents of thought. Sixteen black-and-white images are included.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: THEMES -- CHAPTER ONE: SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND THE FORMATION OF THEOLOGY -- CHAPTER TWO: SCHOOLS, SCHOLARS, AND THE LIBERAL ARTS -- CHAPTER THREE: POLEMICAL CONFRONTATIONS WITH JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND HERETICS -- CHAPTER FOUR: ESTABLISHING A NEW ORDER: GOVERNMENT AND LAW -- CHAPTER FIVE: LOVE AND ITS DISCONTENTS -- PART 2: GENRES -- CHAPTER SIX: EXPERIMENTATIONS IN LITURGICAL AND SECULAR POETRY -- CHAPTER SEVEN: ART AND ARCHITECTURE: THEORY AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: HISTORICAL WRITING AND ROMANCE -- CHAPTER NINE: MEDICINE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSLATION -- Sources -- Index of Topics