A note about Rodulfus Glaber

Authors

  • Glauco Maria Cantarella Università degli Studi di Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/113

Keywords:

Middle Ages, 10th-11th Century, Monasticism, Cluny, Rodulfus Glaber

Abstract

This paper reassesses a few commonplaces about Rodulfus Glaber’s work. In particular, it questions the assumption that his work is the expression of Cluny’s culture. Instead, the dimension of a three-culture monk stands out in Rodulfus Glaber: in addition to Cluny’s culture, the one of Auxerre, where he had been educated, and the one of Fruttuaria, since he had lived at Saint Benigne of Dijon for ten years. Hence, the profile of a learned, sensitive monk, open to the cultural suggestions of his time, when Cluny was an unavoidable lure, comes to light.

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Published

2008-12-15

How to Cite

Cantarella, Glauco Maria. 2008. “A Note about Rodulfus Glaber”. Reti Medievali Journal 9 (1):Art. #24. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/113.

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Materials and Notes