Alan of Lille: The Frontiers of Theology in the Later Twelfth Century

by G.R. Evans

Book Overview

Alan of Lille was a notable figure in the second half of the twelfth century as a theologian and as a poet and he has seemed as rich and individual a writer to modern scholars as he did to his own contemporaries. This study examines his work as a whole, in an attempt to set his well-known literary achievement in the context of his theological writings. He was in many ways a pioneer, an experimenter with several of the new genres of his day, an innovator...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521094267
• ISBN13: 9780521094269
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"