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Trithemius, Johannes

 
9781666770841: Illustrious Authors of the Order of St. Benedict

Synopsis

The love of learning and the cultivation of a literary culture are central to the charism of Benedictine monasticism, and the Order of St. Benedict has produced countless illustrious authors over its fifteen centuries of existence. Indeed, throughout the Middle Ages, Benedictine monasteries functioned as the primary repositories of knowledge and the leading centers of learning for all Western Europe. In his Illustrious Authors of the Order of St. Benedict, the great early Renaissance abbot and polymath Johannes Trithemius compiled a catalogue of the outstanding writers of the order, from its inception in the early sixth century until the end of the fifteenth century. This magisterial and much-respected work of reference, which has not hitherto been available in English, provides not only encyclopedic biographical and bibliographic data on each Benedictine author, but is punctuated by many striking and illuminating anecdotes and observations. Moreover, it provides profound reflections on monastic life, values, and culture, and an insight into Trithemius's own remarkable personality and vision for his order.

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À propos des auteurs

Robert Nixon is a Roman Catholic priest, and a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia, Australia, where he serves as director of the New Norcia Institute for Benedictine Studies. He has contributed articles to the Revue benedictine, the American Benedictine Review, and Ecce Mater Tua. Fr. Nixon's translation of Meditations on Death, attributed to Thomas a Kempis, was named ""Book of the Year"" for 2023 by TAN Books.

Robert Nixon is a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia, Western Australia, and a Catholic priest. His roles include director of the New Norcia Institute for Benedictine Studies, as well as dean and liturgy coordinator for the monastic community. He has contributed articles on medieval Latin poetry to the Revue bénédictine and the American Benedictine Review.

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9781666770834: Illustrious Authors of the Order of St. Benedict

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ISBN 10 :  1666770833 ISBN 13 :  9781666770834
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2023
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