1st Edition

Guibert of Nogent Portrait of a Medieval Mind

By Jay Rubenstein Copyright 2002

    This is a well written and valuable study of the life of a familiar but still somehow shadowy figure and an important contribution to medieval intellectual history, with insights into the meaning of the twelfth-century renaissance, the monastic mindset, the invention of psychological thought, the birth of the university, and the historiography of the Crusades.

    List of Diagrams and figures Preface Introduction Part I. Psychology Chapter 1. You Man Guibert Chapter 2. Psychological Speculations Chapter 3. The psychology Behind Guibert's Memoirs Part II. Theology Chapter 4. Abbot and Historian Chapter 5. Theological Disputes Chapter 6. The Eucharistic Disaster Part III. Understanding Chapter 7. Contemplative Lost Conclusion Appendix. Two Questions about Manuscripts Bibliography Diagrams and Figures

    Biography

    Jay Rubenstein studied medieval history at the University of Oxford and the University of California at Berkeley. Currently he teaches history at the University of New Mexico.