| Description |
286 pages ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Background to the Prayers and Meditations -- 1. The Liturgy: The Divine Office, The Kalendar and the Mass -- 2. The "Preces Privatae" -- 3. "Meditari aut legere" -- 4. John of Fe;camp -- 2. The Prayers and Meditations -- 1. The Anselmian Pattern of Prayer: "In cubiculum meum," "Excite Mentem," "Compunctio Cordis," "In Caelis" -- 2. The Content of the Prayers -- 3. The Prayers -- 4. Meditations 1 and 2 -- 5. Meditation on Human Redemption and Proslogion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- The Prayers and Meditations -- Preface -- Letters to the Countess Mathilda -- 1. Prayer to God -- 2. Prayer to Christ -- 3. Prayer before Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ -- 4. Prayer to Holy Cross -- A Letter to Gundolf -- 5. Prayer to St. Mary (1) -- 6. Prayer to St. Mary (2) -- 7. Prayer to St. Mary (3) -- 8. Prayer to St. John the Baptist -- 9. Prayer to St. Peter -- 10. Prayer to St. Paul -- 11. Prayer to St. John the Evangelist (1) -- 12. Prayer to St. John the Evangelist (2) -- 13. Prayer to St. Stephen -- A Letter to Prior Baldric -- 14. Prayer to St. Nicholas -- 15. Prayer to St. Benedict -- 16. Prayer to St. Mary Magdalene -- 17. Prayer by a Bishop or Abbot to the Patron Saint of his Church -- 18. Prayer for Friends -- 19. Prayer for Enemies -- A Letter from Durandus -- Meditation 1 -- Meditation 2 -- Meditation on Human Redemption -- Proslogion -- Notes -- Appendix - The Development of the Prayers -- 1. The Circulation and Influence of the Prayers -- 2. Early Additions to the Collection: Ralph of Battle, Elmer of Canterbury -- Notes to the Appendix |
| Summary |
Anselm of Aosta wrote the majority of his Prayers and Meditations between 1070 and 1080 and created a tradition of intimate, intensely personal prayer that drastically altered the Christian attitude to private devotion. Anselm's ardor, literary brilliance, and scrupulous theology have secured him admiration. And, as Archbishop of Canterbury, his tussle with the early Norman kings earned him a place in secular history as well |
| Analysis |
Christian life - Devotional works |
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Prayer-books - Early works to 1800 |
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Roman Catholics Christian life Prayer Prayer books |
| Notes |
Includes the Proslogion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references |
| Notes |
Translated from the Latin |
| Subject |
Meditations.
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Prayers.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Ward, Benedicta, 1933- translator
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| LC no. |
73178518 |
| ISBN |
0140442782 |
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9780140442786 |
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