Cardinal Adam Easton (c. 1330-1397)

Monk, Scholar, Theologian, Diplomat

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2020
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-652-8 (ISBN)

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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 travels. Amongst the works addressed in this volume are Easton’s Defensorium ecclesiastice potestatis, his Defensorium Sanctae Birgittae and his Office for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. Further evidence is also offered on his testimony during the Great Schism, on the dating of his copy of De pauperie Salvatoris, while two reassessments are made of his likeness, including his sepulchral monument at S. Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome and the Lutterworth wall painting. Finally, a catalogue of Easton’s important manuscript collection is also provided.

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.

Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations
Figures and Examples
The early years of Adam Easton: from Norwich via Oxford to Avignon and Rome. (Joan Greatrex)
1. Adam Easton and the Great Schism. (Patrick Zutshi)
2. The dating and origin of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 180: Adam Easton's copy of Richard FitzRalph's De pauperie Salvatoris. (Lynda Dennison)
3. Adam Easton and the Lutterworth Wall Paintings Revisited. (Miriam Gill)
4. Easton and Dante: beyond Chaucer. (Nicholas Havely)
5. Adam Easton and St Birgitta of Sweden: a remarkable affinity. (Ann Hutchison)
6. Adam Easton's Office for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. (Miriam Wendling)
7. Between tradition and innovation: the sepulchral monument of Adam Easton at S. Cecilia in Trasevere. (Claudia Bolgia)
8. Adam Easton's Manuscripts. (Patrick Zutshi)
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
Co-Autor	Joan Greatrex, Patrick Zutshi, Lynda Dennison, Miriam Gill
Zusatzinfo	61 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Amsterdam
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	94-6372-652-7 / 9463726527
ISBN-13	978-94-6372-652-8 / 9789463726528
Zustand	Neuware