The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century

by John D. Cotts

Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. After a thorough education in the arts, theology, and law at some of medieval Europe's finest schools?including those at Chartres, Paris, and Bologna?he served in the courts of royalty and archbishops alike. He attended diplomatic embassies, advised princes, argued legal cases at the papal court in Rome, and may well have gone on crusade to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813216761
• ISBN13: 9780813216768
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"