Research Catalog

Title

A companion to Gregory the Great / edited by Bronwen Neil and Matthew Dal Santo.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Neil, Bronwen.
• Dal Santo, Matthew.

Description

xxv, 427 pages; 25 cm

Summary

What made Pope Gregory I "great"? If the Middle Ages had no difficulty recognizing Gregory as one of its most authoritative points of reference, modern readers have not always found this question as easy to answer. As with any great figure, however, there are two sides to Gregory - the historical and the universal. The contributors to this handbook look at Gregory's "greatness" from both of these angles: what made Gregory stand out among his contemporaries; and what is unique about Gregory's contribution through his many written works to the development of human thought and described human experience.

Series Statement

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47

Uniform Title

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47.

Subject

• Gregory > I, > Pope, > approximately 540-604

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-418) and index.

Contents

The papacy in the age of Gregory the Great / Bronwen Neil -- Gregory's missions to the barbarians / Cristina Ricci -- Gregory the Great, the empire and the emperor / Matthew Dal Santo -- Gregory the Great and monasticism / Barbara Müller -- Gregory and the Greek East / Phil Booth -- The theology of Gregory the Great: Christ, salvation and the church / Bernard Green -- Gregory's eschatology / Jane Baun -- Gregory's moral theology: divine providence and human responsibility / Carole Straw -- Gregory's model of spiritual direction in the Liber regulae pastoralis / George E. Demacopoulos -- Hagiography and the cult of saints / Stephen Lake -- Gregory's literary inheritance / John Moorhead -- Gregory's exegesis: old and new ways of approaching the scriptural text / Scott DeGregorio -- A cooperative correspondence: the letters of Gregory the Great / Richard Matthew Pollard -- The legacy of Gregory the Great in the Latin West / Constant J. Mews and Claire Renkin -- Gregory the Great in the Byzantine tradition / Andrew Louth -- The reception of Gregory in the Renaissance and Reformation / Ann Kuzdale.

Call Number

JFE 16-3964

ISBN

• 9789004257757
• 9004257756
• 9004257764
• 9789004257764
• 9789004257764 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013027544

OCLC

856518361

Title

A companion to Gregory the Great / edited by Bronwen Neil and Matthew Dal Santo.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 47.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-418) and index.

Added Author

Neil, Bronwen.

Dal Santo, Matthew.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3964