Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan: The Innocence of the Dove and the Wisdom of the Serpent

by Sally N. Vaughn

Book Overview

This title delves into the intertwined lives of St. Anselm, the renowned theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury, and Robert of Meulan, an influential Anglo-Norman nobleman and advisor to the English crown. These two figures, representing the sacred and the secular, engaged in a lifelong adversarial relationship that spanned both Normandy and England during a pivotal period of political and ecclesiastical change. Anselm, a former abbot of Bec, came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520335317
• ISBN13: 9780520335318
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"