Archbishop Anselm 1093-1109

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Vaughn's latest contribution to Anselm's dramatic role in English Church history is highly recommended. It is extremely well-written and researched, and includes many of Anselm's most important letters in both English and Latin.' Catholic Books Review 'Vaughn's work will stand as an excellent discussion of Anselm's career for general readers and for students, who will benefit especially from the inclusion of the translated letters.' Parergon 'Vaughn's revision not only builds on the previous work of [Southern] but also incorporates the growing body of literature on the historical figures with whom Anselm was engaged... [Vaughn] demonstrates that Anselm was an influential politician and administrator; a formidable and at times gifted administrator/governor, he shaped the political landscape of late eleventh- and early twelfth-century England.' Theological Studies '... an admirable modern approach to a twelfth-century scholar-monk; and combined with, rather than opposed to, the insight of Sir Richard Southern, it can be of use in the ongoing understanding of the foremost scholar of the Middle Ages.' Journal of Theological Studies 'Vaughn has written an exciting study of the role that Bec played in Anselm's career as the Archbishop of Canterbury ... as Vaughn has convincingly demonstrated, the right order for Normandy and England was the result of a scripturally inspired view of history in which each reenactment in the present embodied a more perfect state of affairs. In addition to the usual apparatus that one would expect in a work of this kind, Vaughn supplies the reader with translations of primary sources and documents for each of the book's seven chapters. ... I strongly encourage the serious reader to delve into Anselm's world and his vision of history. When so much about contemporary politics is vainglory disguised as altruism, the reader, including the politicians among us, have much to learn from Anselm's Other-centered exercise o