دانلود کتاب Love in Twelfth-Century France
by John C. Moore
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عنوان فارسی: عشق در قرن دوازدهم در فرانسه |
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France in the twelfth century was a bustling country of expanding economic and social horizons, with a thirst for knowledge that stimulated far-ranging intellectual inquiry. The great classical writers, the Greek and Roman Fathers of the early Church, the Old and New Testaments: such were the sources upon which French scholars drew.
For the great monastic writers, love was a spiritual value, achieved through unending effort and discipline. The poets of the courts, on the other hand, celebrated erotic love in a setting of elaborate romance. Only the scholars of the new urban universities sought to integrate love into a coherent explanation of man and the universe. The writings of all these — Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux, William of Poitiers and Andreas Capellanus — have in one way or another greatly enriched our Western traditions.
Drawing upon a wealth of original sources and an abundant scholarly literature, John C. Moore has provided, in his own words, "a pleasant meeting-place" for twelfth-century men and women and for modern readers, who share a common humanity and a common interest in love.