The Making of the Historia Scholastica, 1150-1200

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The Making of the Historia Scholastica, 1150-1200 is written by Mark J. Clark and published by PIMS. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0888441983 (ISBN 10) and 9780888441980 (ISBN 13).

The Making of the Historia scholastica, 1150 1200' is without a doubt a seminal study of the first importance for the study of the history of medieval theology, and especially for the making in the mid-to-late twelfth century of one of the most influential books produced at that time. The Scholastic History of Peter Comestor is an encyclopaedic outline of the contents of the Bible presented from a historical point of view; it was destined to enjoy a phenomenal success for centuries to come. Mark Clark shows Comestor at work as a historian with a profound knowledge of previous scholarship, a masterful commentator on the literal sense of the stories found in Scripture, and a teacher in Paris whose colleagues included Peter Lombard and Stephen Langton. 0David Luscombe - The University of Sheffield.