Theology, Rhetoric, & Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078 1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino Against Berengar of Tours

Radding, Charles M

ISBN 10: 0231126859 / ISBN 13: 9780231126854

Edité par Columbia University Press, 2003

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Synopsis :

In the concluding stages of the eleventh-century Eucharistic Controversy, which turned on whether, and how, sacramental consecration changed the nature of bread and wine at the altar, Alberic of Monte Cassino composed a small but important treatise. Alberic was the most renowned teacher of rhetoric in his time, and his treatise, buttressed by appeal to the authority of the Church Fathers, was said by contemporaries to have "utterly destroyed" the argument of his opponent, Berengar of Tours, that the bread and wine survived its consecration.

Modern scholars had long believed Alberic's treatise to be lost. This book demonstrates that this crucial document, far from being lost, is an existing identifiable text. By showing conclusively that this work was written by Alberic, Radding and Newton transform our understanding not only of the particulars of the controversy and papal politics but also of the intellectual process by which theological doctrines took shape in mediaeval Church councils. The book includes the full Latin text and the first translation of Alberic's treatise.

À propos de l?auteur:

Charles M. Radding is a professor of history at Michigan State University.

Francis Newton is a professor of classics at Duke University.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Theology, Rhetoric, & Politics in the ...
Éditeur : Columbia University Press
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good