Miscellanies, Christian reform and early medieval encyclopaedism: a reconsideration of the pre‐bestiary Latin Physiologus manuscripts
This article examines the evidence of the early medieval Latin Physiologus manuscripts for compilatory practices within the context of Carolingian ecclesiastical and educational reform in the period c .700–1000. It argues that miscellany manuscripts, in which the Physiologus is exclusively found in...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 90(2017), 250, Seite 665-682 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2017
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historical research |
| Schlagworte: | Manuscripts Education reform Historical analysis Medieval period |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the evidence of the early medieval Latin Physiologus manuscripts for compilatory practices within the context of Carolingian ecclesiastical and educational reform in the period c .700–1000. It argues that miscellany manuscripts, in which the Physiologus is exclusively found in this period, represent a conscious and highly organized encyclopaedic drive that created multi‐purpose manuals as part of the response to programmatic social change at a local level. Miscellanies are therefore a key and overlooked source for the use of knowledge in monastic writing centres, and for early medieval intellectual history more generally |
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| ISSN: | 0950-3471 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1468-2281.12198 |