IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1231: Transcending Language Boundaries: The Reception of Greek Christian Texts in the 12th-Century Latin West, I
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Carmen Angela Cvetković, University of St Andrews Laurence Mellerin, Laboratoire Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques (HiSoMa - UMR 5189), Université de Lyon 2 / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Laurence Mellerin, Laboratoire Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques (HiSoMa - UMR 5189), Université de Lyon 2 / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris |
| Paper 1231-a | The Reception of the Greek Fathers' Vocabulary on the Beatific Vision in Hugh of St Victor through the Lens of Eriugena (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Theology |
| Paper 1231-b | William of Saint-Thierry's Greek 'Sources' and Influences (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Theology |
| Paper 1231-c | The Wisdom of the Greeks: Peter Abelard as a Reader of Greek Patristic Sources (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Theology |
| Abstract | This session aims to explore the reception of theological knowledge across linguistic borders, by focusing on the way in which 12th-century Latin medieval readers made use of the works of Greek Christian authors available to them in Latin translations produced from Late Antiquity onwards. The 12th century has long been recognised as an important period in the Latin reception of Greek classical knowledge with modern scholars paying attention especially to the medieval consumption of Greek works of philosophy, law, medicine, and science. Despite widespread evidence for the reading of Greek Christian authors in the 12th century, the reception of religious texts has received less scholarly attention, although they were considered highly important by medieval readers. By drawing attention to the 12th century Latin reception of Greek Christian texts, this session seeks to better understand what role played the Greek theological thought in shaping the Latin Christian medieval tradition. |