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Subject(s)

• Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) [Browse]

Editor

• Hall, Martin (Martin Allan) [Browse]

Translator

• Hall, Martin (Martin Allan) [Browse]

Series

• Studia artistarum ; 44. [More in this series]
• Studia artistarum, 2032-1252 ; 44 [More in this series]

Contains

• John, of Garland, approximately 1195-approximately 1272. De triumphis ecclesiae. [Browse]
• John, of Garland, approximately 1195-approximately 1272. De triumphis ecclesiae. English. (Hall) [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-408) and index.

Language note

Text in Latin with English translation on opposite pages; critical matter in English.

Contents

• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Life and Works ofJohn of Garland
• Biography
• John of Garland's oeuvre
• Chapter 2. The Manuscript Tradition and Previous Scholarship
• MS British Library Cotton Claudius A x
• Thomas Wright's edition of1856 and nineteenth century reactions
• Louis J. Paetow
• More recent scholarship
• Chapter 3. De triumphis Ecclesie
• Summary of poem
• Date of composition
• An unfinished work
• John's audience
• Chapter 4. Literary Influences and Sources
• The medieval epic tradition
• An elegiac epic
• John's literary sources
• History and rhetoric
• Matthew Paris52
• De triumphis Ecclesie as literature
• Chapter s. John's Teaching and Preaching
• Studia generalia and the medieval curriculum
• The studium at Toulouse
• Tall tales on the Garonne
• Chapter 6. Arma crucemque cano' : Church and Crusade
• De triumphis Ecclesie as a devotional work
• Pope, cardinale, bishops and priests
• John's use of exempla
• War, peace and crusade : John as a critic of Western priorities
• De triumphis as an excitatio
• Chapter 7. The Main Political Sub-Plots
• England and France
• Papacy and empire
• Chapter 8. Countering the Òther' : Heretics, Mongols, Jews and Muslims
• The Albigensian Crusade (1208-29)
• Heretics
• The Mongol invasions (1241-42)
• Jews
• Muslims
• Chapter 9. The Seventh Crusade (1248-54)
• Preparations
• The Crusade
• Hopes for the future
• Chapter io. Conclusions
• A rallying cry
• A contemporary view of the period
• A major source on the Toulouse studium
• An intellectual tour de force
• An intensely personal statement.

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ISBN

9782503585116 ((hardback))

OCLC

1141204651

RCP

N - S

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