Creating Augustine
Subtitle: interpreting Augustine and Augustinianism in the later Middle Ages
By: E.L. Saak
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780199646388
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Rezeption; Medieval Philosophy
Description: A major reinterpretation of Augustine's reception and influence in the later Middle Ages, this book proposes that the political and religious context of the early 14th century led members of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine to create a new image of Augustine, with whom they identified as their founding father.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: A renaissance of Augustinianism?; title: The rebirth of Augustine; title: The Sermones ad fratres in eremo; title: Augustine imagined; title: The religio Augustini; title: Conclusion : Augustine, the Augustinian, and Augustinianism in the later Middle Ages.