The Letters Of Saint Anselm Of Canterbury: Volume 2 Letters 148-309, as Archbishop of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury

The Letters Of Saint Anselm Of Canterbury: Volume 2 Letters 148-309, as Archbishop of Canterbury
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Liturgical Press
Country
United States
Published
1 November 1990
Pages
356
ISBN
9780879078973

The Letters Of Saint Anselm Of Canterbury: Volume 2 Letters 148-309, as Archbishop of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury

A monk and a scholar generally recognized as the keenest philosophical and theological mind of his time, of Bec, found himself forcibly and unwillingly invested as Archbishop of Canterbury on 6 March 1093. It was the first of many sharp differences between the Norman King and an archbishop who considered the reform of the church and the improvement of the moral conduct of the kingdom his prime tasks.

Among his chief weapons in fighting to establish the Gregorian Reform in his new land was the letter. Whether reporting events or asking for news, proffering advice or wheeding favors, currying friends or placating adversaries, Anselm kept up a steady correspondence throughout his sixteen-year archiepiscopate. Collections of these letters circulated during his lifetime, establishing his position on any number of topics.

Now translated into English for the first time, The Letters of Saint Anselm give new insights into the life and mind of this pivotal figure in European history.

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