The Abbot Trithemius (1462-1516): The Renaissance of Monastic Humanism (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 24)

Book info: The Abbot Trithemius (1462-1516): The Renaissance of Monastic Humanism (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 24) (Leather Bound, 400 pages) – Brill, 1981. Language: English.

A detailed study of the German abbot Trithemius. Noel Brann explores the abbot's world through a deep examination of his own letters and writings, highlighting the humanist core of Trithemius's thought. Most popularly known as a Renaissance magician, Brann instead depicts the abbot as a well-rounded humanist, concerned primarily with bringing together Christian love and monastic erudition in order to reach the pinnacle of divine understanding. Editorial Reviews Review '...Brann's book demonstrates the value of Trithemius's career and writings for an understanding of a neglected ideal and movement that paralleled and even flourished alongside lay humanistic developments of the time.'
Neo-Latin News, 1982.
'...a substantial work, in which he looks at Trithemius' early life, the beginnings of his campaign, his many writings, all in context, and with a full and often rich commentary which does much to illuminate them.'
G.R. Evans, Journal of Theological Studies, 1982.
'...a vivid illustration of what Paul Kristeller has identified recently as an unjustly neglected thread of Renaissance thought, namely, the interaction of certain late medieval monastic writers with currents of Renaissance humanism.'
Eric W. Gritsch, Church History, 1983.
'...ist als willkommene Bereicherung der Trithemius-Lit. sehr zu begrüßen.'
John L. Flood, Germanistik, 1985.