| The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 95-12 Contributor(s): Jaeger, C. Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812217454 ISBN-13: 9780812217452 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Before 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" (litterae et mores), 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 "The Envy of Angels", 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 370.94 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Series: Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.70 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before 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 (litterae et mores), 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 The Envy of Angels, 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. |