Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life - Hardcover
by Lesley Smith (Author)
The first modern biography of medieval French scholar and bishop William of Auvergne.
Today, William of Auvergne (1180?-1249) is remembered for his scholarship about the afterlife as well as the so-called Trial of the Talmud. But the medieval bishop of Paris also left behind nearly 600 sermons delivered to all manner of people--from the royal court to the poorest in his care. In Fragments of a World, Lesley Smith uses these sermons to paint a vivid picture of this extraordinary cleric, his parishioners, and their bustling world. The first modern biography of the influential teacher, bishop, and theologian, Fragments of a World casts a new image of William of Auvergne for our times--deeply attuned to both the spiritual and material needs of an ever-changing populace in the medieval city.Lesley Smith is professor of medieval intellectual history at the University of Oxford. She is the author of many books, most recently The Ten Commandments: Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World.
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