This is a well written and valuable study of the life of a familiar but still somehow shadowy figure and an important contribution to medieval intellectual history, with insights into the meaning of the twelfth-century renaissance, the monastic mindset, the invention of psychological thought, the birth of the university, and the historiography of the Crusades.
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Jay Rubenstein studied medieval history at the University of Oxford and the University of California at Berkeley. Currently he teaches history at the University of New Mexico.
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Jay Rubenstein is an American historian of the Middle Ages, a Rhodes Scholar, and a MacArthur Fellow. He grew up in Cushing, Oklahoma and attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where he graduated with a B.A. in 1989. From 1989-1991 he studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In recognition of this achievement, his hometown of Cushing named a street after him. In 1991 he completed an M.Phil. from Oxford, writing a thesis on the veneration of saints' relics in England after the Norman Conquest. In 1997 he received a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, working under the supervision of Professor Gerard Caspary. After leaving Berkeley he taught one year at Dickinson College, one year at Syracuse University, and seven years at University of New Mexico. Since 2006 he has been based at the University of Tennessee as an associate professor of history. His published scholarship has focused on medieval intellectual history, monastic life, and the early crusade movement. "Guibert of Nogent: Portrait of a Medieval Mind" is based on his doctoral dissertation. His more recently published book, "Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse," is his first book aimed at both popular and scholarly audiences.
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This review is from: Guibert of Nogent: Portrait of a Medieval Mind (Hardcover)
As the now definitive scholarly work on Buibert of Nogent, Rubenstein's delightful insight into Nogent's life is a well-written and thoroughly researched book that deserves a place on any scholar's bookshelf.
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An impressive work of erudition. Rubenstein has written the definitive work on Guibert of Nogent. I would recommend this work to specialists and non-specialists alike.
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the ultimate study of an intriguing mind and fascinating era,
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brilliantly researched and exquisitely written - one of the more readable and enjoyable academic texts i've ever had the pleasure to devour! a necessary tome for anyone mesmerized by the times, be you a serious scholar, a history-phile, or someone looking for an intelligent and very readable great book...!
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This chapter will pass over much of what we think we know of young Guibert and put in its place many points whose existence we did not suspect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vita actualis, sua conversione, ordine sermo fieri debeat, quo ordine, communal revolt, res sacramenti, fifth gathering, unworthy communicants, ransom theory, des reliques, tradition manuscrite, unworthy recipients, relic cults, psychological vocabulary, baby tooth, spiritual advance, true contemplation, moral narrative, principal body, contemplative lives, historical body, marginal addition, psychological speculation, two folios, simple bread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Moralia Geneseos, Guibert de Nogent, Rupert of Deutz, Guibert of Nogent, Peter Abelard, Etienne de Garlande, New York, Clarendon Press, Carnal Affection, Gregory the Great, Guitmund of Aversa, Thomas de Marle, Cur Deus, Middle Ages, First Crusade, Against the Judaizer, Count Jean, Monk's Confession, Song of Songs, Van Engen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Old Testament, Anselm of Laon, Jean Leclercq, Last Supper New!
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This chapter will pass over much of what we think we know of young Guibert and put in its place many points whose existence we did not suspect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vita actualis, sua conversione, ordine sermo fieri debeat, quo ordine, communal revolt, res sacramenti, fifth gathering, unworthy communicants, ransom theory, des reliques, tradition manuscrite, unworthy recipients, relic cults, psychological vocabulary, baby tooth, spiritual advance, true contemplation, moral narrative, principal body, contemplative lives, historical body, marginal addition, psychological speculation, two folios, simple bread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Moralia Geneseos, Guibert de Nogent, Rupert of Deutz, Guibert of Nogent, Peter Abelard, Etienne de Garlande, New York, Clarendon Press, Carnal Affection, Gregory the Great, Guitmund of Aversa, Thomas de Marle, Cur Deus, Middle Ages, First Crusade, Against the Judaizer, Count Jean, Monk's Confession, Song of Songs, Van Engen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Old Testament, Anselm of Laon, Jean Leclercq, Last Supper New!
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- Rupert of Deutz (Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 18.) by John H. Van Engen on 7 pages
- The Twelfth-Century Renaissance (Twelfth Century to the Renaissance) by R.N. Swanson on page 81, page 217, and Back Matter
- Young Man Luther by Erik H. Erikson on page 220, page 221, and Back Matter
- Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard on page 251, page 275, and Back Matter
- The Body and Society by Professor Peter Brown on page 220, page 224, and Back Matter
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- Anselm of Canterbury and His Theological Inheritance by Giles E. M. Gasper on 4 pages
- Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence by Hector Avalos in Back Matter
- Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others by Ruth Mazo Karras in Back Matter
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