For the student of the Historia Pontificalis two periods in John's life are of particular importance — the years covered by the Historia , and the period when he was engaged in writing it . There is a large element of autobiography in ...
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Books about The Historia Pontificalis of John of Salisbury
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Pages: 480
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The Companion to John of Salisbury provides an overall introduction to the place of John of Salisbury in the political debates of twelfth-century England and the history of the Church, as well as to his philosophical work, his political thought and his writing of history
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Books about The Historia Pontificalis of John of Salisbury
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In the tension between competing ideas of authority and the urge to literary experiment, writers of the High Middle Ages produced some of their most distinctive achievements. This book examines these themes in the high culture of Western Europe during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, showing how the intimate links