A Companion to the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris

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BRILL, Sep 25, 2017 - History - 664 pages
Bringing together the research of several eminent scholars, A Companion to the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris seeks to provide a deep introduction to the significance, scope, and reach of the abbey’s influence in the twelfth century and beyond. Sixteen chapters introduce the history of the abbey from its beginnings through the reception of its major writings. Chapters are grouped in the areas of the life and ministry of Victorine canons, the abbey’s contributions to biblical exegesis, sacramental and theological teachings, and the Victorine understanding of Christian life and prayer. Such a thorough introduction to the Abbey of Saint Victor has never before been published.

Contributors are: David Albertson, Rainer Berndt, Boyd Taylor Coolman, Marshall Crossnoe, Torsten K. Edstam, Christopher P. Evans, Margot E. Fassler, Hugh Feiss, Karin Ganss, Franklin T. Harkins, Donna R. Hawk-Reinhard, C. Stephen Jaeger, Juliet Mousseau, Dominique Poirel, Patrice Sicard, and Frans van Liere.
 

Contents

The History and Histories of the Order of Saint Victor Crossnoe
1
Part 1 Life and Ministry at Saint Victor
53
Chapter 2 Daily Life at the Abbey of Saint Victor Mousseau
55
Chapter 3 Victorine Humanism Jaeger
79
Chapter 4 Hugh of Saint Victors Pedagogy HawkReinhard
113
Preaching and Confession Feiss
147
Part 2 The Interpretation of the Scriptures
185
A Study of Hugh of Saint Victors Cronica and Notule Super Pentateucum et Librum Regum Berndt
187
A Theology of the Homo Assumptus Evans
298
Chapter 11 Victorines on the Trinity Feiss
328
From Achard to Godfrey Albertson
353
Part 4 Prayer and the Christian Life
387
Chapter 13 The Victorines and the Medieval Liturgy Fassler
389
A HistoricalTheological Study of Hugh of Saint Victors De virtute orandi Ganss
422
Principles Foundations and Types Sicard
469
Thomas Gallus as Victorine Interpreter of Dionysius Coolman
516

Exegesis at Saint Victor 11421242 van Liere
223
Robert of Meluns Questiones de divina pagina in Context Harkins
244
Part 3 Sacraments and Theology
275
Chapter 9 Sacraments Poirel
277
Chapter 17 The Reception of the Victorines in Later Centuries Edstam
547
Bibliography
579
Index
620
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