Monodies and on the Relics of Saints The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from TheTime of the Crusades

Name: Monodies and on the Relics of Saints The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from TheTime of the Crusades
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ISBN: 9780143106302

ISBN-10: 0143106309

ISBN-13: 9780143106302

Edition: 2011

Authors: Joseph McAlhany, Jay Rubenstein, Guibert of Nogent, Jay Rubenstein, Jay Rubenstein

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The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodiesis set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately recounts his early years, monastic life, and the bloody uprising at Laon in 1112, we witness a world-and a mind-populated by royals, heretics, nuns, witches, and devils, and come to understand just how fervently he was preoccupied with sin, sexuality, the afterlife, and the dark arts. Exotic, disquieting, and illuminating, the Monodiesis a work in which the dreams, fears, and superstitions of one man illuminate the psychology of an entire people. It is joined in this volume by On the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.80" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English