Several chapters were derived from papers presented at a workshop held in April, 2013, at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester, England. Other chapters were specially commissioned. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface / Laura Carlson. Adoption, adaptation, & authority : the use of Isidore in the Opus Caroli / Jamie Wood -- Variations on a theme : Isidore and Pliny on human and human-instigated anomaly / Mary Beagon -- Putting the pieces back together : Isidore and De natura rerum / Andrew Fear -- The politics of history-writing : problematizing the historiographical origins of Isidore of Seville in early medieval Hispania / Michael J. Kelly -- Isidorian texts in seventh-century Ireland / Mariana Smyth -- Isidore of Seville in Anglo-Saxon England : the Synonyma as a source of Felix's Vita S. Guthlaci / Claudia Di Sciacca -- Hispania et Italia : Paul the Deacon, Isidore, and the Lombards / Christopher Heath -- Rylands MS Latin 12 : a Carolingian example of Isidore's reception into the patristic canon / Melissa Markauskas -- Adoption, adaptation, & authority : the use of Isidore in the Opus Caroli / Laura Carlson.
Summary:
Isidore of Seville (560-636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. His compilations of the works of earlier authorities formed an essential part of monastic education for centuries. Due to the vast amount of information he gathered and its wide dissemination in the Middle Ages, Pope John Paul II even named Isidore the patron saint of the Internet in 1997. This volume represents a cross section of the various approaches scholars have taken toward Isidore's writings. The essays explore his sources, how he selected and arranged them for posterity, and how his legacy was reflected in later generations work across the early medieval West. Rich in archival detail, this collection provides a wealth of interdisciplinary expertise on one of history's greatest intellectuals.
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