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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the work of Anselm of Canterbury, theologian and archbishop, in light of the communities in which he participated. Featuring thirteen essays from leading historians, theologians, and literary scholars, the collection ranges from Anselm’s immediate contemporaries to the reception of his work, and formation of his posthumous reputation, by later medieval readers. Individual essays consider the role of friendships in his career, his relations with students, correspondence with women, interventions in the political sphere, and influence as leader of the monastic communities at Bec and Canterbury. Together, these essays present a new profile of the archbishop, revealing an individual whose work emerged from a vibrant culture of debate, criticism, and collaboration. Contributors are: Giles E. M. Gasper, Bernard van Vreeswijk, David Whidden, Hiroko Yamazaki, Bernd Goebel, Thomas Barrows, Hollie Devanney, Stephanie Britton, Sally Vaughn, George Younge, Christian Brouwer, Daniel Coman, Margaret Healy-Varley, and Severin Kitanov.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Notes on Editions and Translations of Anselm’s Works and Other Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction Margaret Healy-Varley, Giles E. M. Gasper and George Younge prologue: Anselm in Community 1 Anselm of Canterbury’s De concordia Context, Structures, and Community Giles E. M. Gasper part 1: Reading Anselm’s Environment: Justice, Evil, and Love 2 Anselm of Canterbury and Gilbert Crispin about Justice and Redemption Tracing Developments in Soteriological Thinking at the End of the Eleventh Century Bernard J. D. van Vreeswijk 3 The Proslogion, Gilbert Crispin, and the Cur Deus homo Anselm and the Problems of the Incarnation David L. Whidden 4 Anselm and Odo of Tournai on God and Evil Hiroko Yamazaki 5 Anselmian Themes and Anti-Anselmian Stances in Ralph of Battle’s Philosophical Theology Bernd Goebel Part 2: Reading Anselm’s Environment: Politics, Canterbury and Literature 6 St Anselm and Gundulf of Rochester Brothers of Bec, One in Heart and Soul Thomas R. Barrows 7 St Anselm and Friendship with Women Matilda of Tuscany Hollie Devanney 8 Reading Eadmer of Canterbury in Light of Anselm Stephanie C. Britton 9 Leading Everything Irregular in England Back to Due Order The Probable Theories behind Archbishop Anselm’s Political Endeavours Sally N. Vaughn 10 Old English Literary Culture and the Circle of Saint Anselm George Younge Part 3: Reading Anselm in the Later Middle Ages 11 How Did Robert Grosseteste and Thomas Aquinas Read Anselm’s Definition of Truth? Christian Brouwer 12 Cistercians and the Assimilation of Anselm in the Late 14th Century A Case Study of the Quaestio in vesperiis fratriis Chunradi de Ebrako (†1399) Daniel Coman 13 The Admonitio morienti and a Vernacular Anselm Margaret Healy-Varley 14 Beatitudo est sufficiencia sine omni indigentia St Anselm’s Compositional Model of Beatitude and its Reception in Late Medieval Scholastic Theology Severin V. Kitanov Bibliography Index
