Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century

Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century
Author: Robert L. Benson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 1434
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802068507

Twenty-seven authors approach the diverse areas of the cultural, religious, and social life of the twelfth century. These essays form a basic resource for all interested in this pivotal century. A reprint of the first edition first published in 1982.

Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Author: Dr Anna Brechta Sapir Abulafia
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134990251

The twelfth century was a period of rapid change in Europe. The intellectual landscape was being transformed by new access to classical works through non-Christian sources. The Christian church was consequently trying to strengthen its control over the priesthood and laity and within the church a dramatic spiritual renewal was taking place. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance reveals the consequences for the only remaining non-Christian minority in the heartland of Europe: the Jews. Anna Abulafia probes the anti-Jewish polemics of scholars who used the new ideas to redefine the position of the Jews within Christian society. They argued that the Jews had a different capacity for reason since they had not reached the 'right' conclusion - Christianity. They formulated a universal construct of humanity which coincided with universal Christendom, from which the Jews were excluded. Dr Abulafia shows how the Jews' exclusion from this view of society contributed to their growing marginalization from the twelfth century onwards. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance is important reading for all students and teachers of medieval history and theology, and for all those with an interest in Jewish history.

The European Book in the Twelfth Century

The European Book in the Twelfth Century
Author: Erik Kwakkel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2018-07-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 110862765X

The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided into three sections: the technical aspects of making books; the processes and practices of reading and keeping books; and the transmission of texts in the disciplines that saw significant change in the period, including medicine, law, philosophy, liturgy, and theology. Richly illustrated, the volume provides the first in-depth account of book production as a European phenomenon.

A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools

A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools
Author: Cédric Giraud
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2019-11-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9004410139

This Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools provides a comprehensive update and new synthesis of the last three decades of research. The fruit of a contemporary renewal of cultural history among international scholars of medieval studies, this collection draws on the discovery of new texts, the progress made in critical attribution, the growing attention given to the conditions surrounding the oral and written dissemination of works, the use of the notion of a “community of learning”, the reinterpretation of the relations between the cloister and the urban school, and links between institutional history and social history. Contributors are: Alexander Andrée, Irene Caiazzo, Cédric Giraud, Frédéric Goubier, Danielle Jacquart, Thierry Kouamé, Constant J. Mews, Ken Pennington, Dominique Poirel, Irène Rosier-Catach, Sita Steckel, Jacques Verger, and Olga Weijers. See inside the book.

Europe's Long Twelfth Century

Europe's Long Twelfth Century
Author: John Cotts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-11-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137296089

Between 1095 and 1229, Western Europe confronted a series of alternative cultural possibilities that would fundamentally transform its social structures, its intellectual life, and its very identity. It was a period of difficult decisions and anxiety rather than a triumphant 'renaissance'. In this fresh reassessment of the twelfth century, John D. Cotts: - Shows how new social, economic and religious options challenged Europeans to re-imagine their place in the world - Provides an overview of political life and detailed examples of the original thought and religious enthusiasm of the time - Presents the Crusades as the century's defining movement. Ideal for students and scholars alike, this is an essential overview of a pivotal era in medieval history that arguably paved the way for a united Europe.

The Reformation of the Twelfth Century

The Reformation of the Twelfth Century
Author: Giles Constable
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1998-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521638715

A study of the changes in religious thought and institutions c. 1180-c. 1280.

European Transformations

European Transformations
Author: Thomas F. X. Noble
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780268036102

Medievalists explore geographical regions and themes to expose the best current thinking about what was and what was not distinctive about the twelfth century.