The Pseudo-Gregorian Dialogues : : Volume 1.

The Pseudo-Gregorian Dialogues : : Volume 1.

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Clark, Francis.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.
©1987.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (422 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Part One: The Setting of the lnquiry
  • I. lntroduction: The Riddle of the Gregorian Dialogues
  • II. Outline of the Case and Stages of the Argument
  • III. Earlier Dispute about the Authenticity of the Dialogues
  • Part Two: The External Evidence
  • IV. The eloquent silence of Gregory's own age about the existence of the Dialogues. lsidore and the Liber Pontificalis
  • V. The suspect Letter to Maximian. Historical improbability of the ostensible date of the Dialogues
  • VI. Paterius and Tajo do not attest the authenticity of the Dialogues: nor do the alleged testimonies of Moschus and Jonas
  • VII. More evidence from Visigothic Spain. An interpolated text of Ildephonsus of Toledo
  • VIII. The Lives of the Fathers of Merida and the Vita Fructuosi
  • IX. The first emergence of the Dialogues into the light at the close of the seventh century: The testimonies of Aldhelm, Adamnan, Julian and Defensor
  • X. The dating of the Dialogues in the light of the earliest manuscript evidence
  • XI. The question of the origin of the Dialogues linked with the problematic history of early Benedictine monasticism
  • A) A summary of the case
  • B) The modern critical reappraisal of early Benedictine history
  • C) Hallinger's confutation of traditional assumptions about the Benedictinism of the Gregorian age
  • D) The paradoxical "isolation" of Dialogues 11.36
  • E) Gregory's alleged allusion to Benedict and his rule in the Commentary on 1 Kings
  • F) The tardy and muted emergence of the Regula Benedicti
  • G) Why was biographical knowledge and liturgical mention of St Benedict lacking for so long?
  • H) Does the Fleury tradition prove that the Life of St Benedict in Book II of the Dialogues was known in the third quarter of the seventh century?.
  • I.) The eventual upgrowth and flowering of Benedictine monasticism in the eighth century, correlated with the rise to fame of the Dialogues
  • Appendix: The Latin Text of The Dialogues of Pope Gregory concerning the Miracles of the Fathers of Italy.

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