1st Edition
Cardinal Adam Easton (c. 1330-1397) Monk, Scholar, Theologian, Diplomat
Edited By Miriam Wendling
Copyright 2020
228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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The varied career of Adam Easton (c.1330—1397) led him from Norwich Cathedral Priory to Oxford, Avignon and Rome. Not only a monk of the Benedictine Order, he was also a scholar, theologian, diplomat and cardinal, and his work reflects the breadth of this multifaceted background. This volume presents recent research on Easton's oeuvre, his diplomacy and the books that accompanied him on his... Read more
Preface, Contributors, Abbreviations, Figures and Examples, The early years of Adam Easton: from Norwich via Oxford to Avignon and Rome, 1. Adam Easton and the Great Schism, 2. The dating and origin of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 180: Adam Easton's copy of Richard FitzRalph's De pauperie Salvatoris, 3. Adam Easton and the Lutterworth Wall Paintings Revisited, 4. Easton and Dante: beyond Chaucer, 5. Adam Easton and St Birgitta of Sweden: a remarkable affinity, 6. Adam Easton's Office for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, 7. Between tradition and innovation: the sepulchral monument of Adam Easton at S. Cecilia in Trasevere, 8. Adam Easton's Manuscripts, Index
Biography
Miriam Wendling is a research associate in the Early Music Research Group at KU Leuven. Her current work examines the use of music in rituals for the dying and the dead.
