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Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades Paperback - 2011

by Guibert Of Nogent; Joseph McAlhany (Translator); Joseph McAlhany (Editor)

The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodies is 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 Monodies is 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 Relics of Saints, a theological manifesto that has never appeared in English until now.


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The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodies is 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 Monodies is 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 Relics of Saints, a theological manifesto that has never appeared in English until now.

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Guibert of Nogent (c. 1060-c. 1125) was a French monk who has emerged as one of the most original thinkers of the twelfth century.
Joseph McAlhany is an associate professor of great ideas and classics at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Jay Rubenstein, a MacArthur Fellow and Rhodes scholar, is an assistant professor of medieval history at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville and the author of the first comprehensive study of Guibert's life and thought in over a century.

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  • Title Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades
  • Author Guibert Of Nogent; Joseph McAlhany (Translator); Joseph McAlhany (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Printing
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, London
  • Date 2011-09-27
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780143106302 / 0143106309
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.75 x 5.09 x 0.7 in (19.69 x 12.93 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Relics, Jesus Christ - Relics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011030054
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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“This is a valuable addition to medieval literature, and Penguin are to be applauded for adding it to their list of Classics. . . . The Monodies has been translated before but clumsily, and here at last is a smooth and comprehensible version. . . . [It] provides an intriguing insight into the mind of a medieval monk . . . a complex and troubled man, austere, conservative, at sea with a changing world . . . an isolated and introspective figure who broods continually on his relationship with God. This is, of course, one of the reasons why the Monodies is so interesting.”

About the author

Guibert of Nogent (c. 1060-c. 1125) was a French monk who has emerged as one of the most original thinkers of the twelfth century.

Joseph McAlhany is a professor of classics and great ideas at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Jay Rubenstein, a MacArthur Fellow and Rhodes scholar, is a professor of history and the director of the Center for the Premodern World at the University of Southern California and the author of the first comprehensive study of Guibert's life and thought in over a century.

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