Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln Mantello Goering Hardback

Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of LincolnAuthor(s): Frank A.C. Mantello, Joseph Goering\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802098139, 978-0802098139\nSynopsis\nRobert Grosseteste (c.[tel] was an English statesman, philosopher, theologian, and bishop of Lincoln, and also one of the most controversial figures in his country's episcopate. His long life coincided with the central period of institutional, intellectual, and religious consolidation in medieval Europe and his letters provide important insights into the practices and preoccupations of the English clergy and laity in the first half of the thirteenth century.\n\n This volume contains the first complete translation of Grosseteste's collected Latin letters and shows that these were most likely chosen and arranged by Grosseteste himself. Shedding light on some of the period's crucial debates on issues of theology, law, pastoral care, and epis.