{"product_id":"the-envy-of-angels-cathedral-schools-and-social-ideals-in-medieval-europe-950-1200-paperback-softback-9780812217452","title":"The Envy of Angels; Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950-1200 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812217452","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Envy of Angels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950-1200\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC. Stephen Jaeger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812217452\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 August 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages, 8 illus\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.782 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Important and stimulating.\"-\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is concerned with the shaping of the scholarly tradition in the West, and as such it is a brilliant exposition of the charismatic ideals and the intellectual aspirations of the masters and scholars who brought it into being, and whose influence was to linger on almost down to our own time and place.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religious History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jaeger has brought together an impressive collection of documents that few know and understand as well as he.\"-\u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Jaeger] is utterly convincing on his main points, especially his analysis of eleventh-century materials, where he successfully moves beyond the analysis of literary genre and image to the description of a living educational environment that until now has been difficult to grasp fully. The importance and value of this accomplishment can scarcely be admired enough.\"-\u003ci\u003eHistory of Education Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Few medievalists command classical and medieval writings on ethics, morality, manners, ecclesiastical and secular culture, as well as pertinent vitae and correspondence, as does Jaeger. . . . Rich, engaged, and fluently written.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jaeger has produced a fulsome study of a largely unknown era in the history of ideas and higher learning in the Middle Ages. . . . A departure from much of the literature on medieval learning.\"-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the rise of universities, cathedral schools educated students in a course of studies aimed at perfecting their physical presence, their manners, and their eloquence. The formula of cathedral schools was \"letters and manners\" (\u003ci\u003elitterae et mores\u003c\/i\u003e), which asserts a pedagogic program as broad as the modern \"letters and science.\" The main instrument of what C. Stephen Jaeger calls \"charismatic pedagogy\" was the master's personality, his physical presence radiating a transforming force to his students. In \u003ci\u003eThe Envy of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, Jaeger explores this intriguing chapter in the history of ideas and higher learning and opens a new view of intellectual and social life in eleventh- and early twelfth-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551695204632,"sku":"9780812217452","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-envy-of-angels-cathedral-schools-and-social-ideals-in-medieval-europe-950-1200-paperback-softback-9780812217452","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}