The Letters of Peter Damian, 121-150: 6 (Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation): Mediaeval Continuation: The Letters of Peter Damian 121-150: v. 6 - Hardcover

Damian Saint, Peter

9780813213729: The Letters of Peter Damian, 121-150: 6 (Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation): Mediaeval Continuation: The Letters of Peter Damian 121-150: v. 6

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081321372X ISBN 13: 9780813213729

Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004

This volume, the fifth in the series of volumes containing the 180 letters written by the 11th-century monk Peter Damian, contains careful and annotated translations of Damian's Letters 121-150. Written during the years 1062-66, the letters deal with a wide variety of subjects and provide a contemporary account of many of the controversies of the gripping period in the history of church and state. Included here are several letters addressed to kinsmen. Letter 123 is Damian's rather lengthy exhortation to his nephew Damianus encouraging him to seek a pure and virtuous monastic life. Letter 132, written to his nephew Marinus, contains a comprehensive discussion on the virtues proper to the monastic life. And Letter 126 to Alberic of Monte Cassino, presents a good example of Damian's principles of biblical exegesis.

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Review:

"Teachers and students alike will be grateful for the availability in English translation of this corpus of letters which is a major source both for the history of the reform papacy and for that of the Italian peninsula in the mid-eleventh century."

About the Author:

Owen J. Blum, O.F.M., (1912-98) published frequently on Peter Damian and assisted in the critical edition of the Letters published in the series Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Irven M. Resnick is professor of philosophy and religion, and Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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