The Letters of Hugh Metel
Boydell & Brewer (Publisher)
Published on 25. March 2025
Book
Hardback
484 pages
978-1-83765-091-0 (ISBN)
Description
Hugh Metel's letters, addressed to some of the most famous individuals of his age are the work of a stylish writer exploring the common concerns of this group.
This volume offers a critical edition and translation of the fifty-five letters of Hugh Metel (c. 1080-c. 1150), an Augustinian canon, which cover a wide range of issues, relating to scripture, theology and canon law. He was also a prolific writer of verse, and he was keen to show how he could combine his interest in the liberal arts with his knowledge of scripture and the Church Fathers. His circle of correspondents included some of the most famous individuals of his age, including Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard, Heloise and many bishops in his region. The few scholars who mention Hugh Metel have often described his rhetorical style, permeated by literary allusions, especially to Horace, scripture and the Fathers, as 'bombastic'. Nonetheless, Hugh does have a powerful command of Latin and took pleasure in crafting letters to his circle of friends and to those with whom he wanted to share common concerns.
This volume offers a critical edition and translation of the fifty-five letters of Hugh Metel (c. 1080-c. 1150), an Augustinian canon, which cover a wide range of issues, relating to scripture, theology and canon law. He was also a prolific writer of verse, and he was keen to show how he could combine his interest in the liberal arts with his knowledge of scripture and the Church Fathers. His circle of correspondents included some of the most famous individuals of his age, including Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard, Heloise and many bishops in his region. The few scholars who mention Hugh Metel have often described his rhetorical style, permeated by literary allusions, especially to Horace, scripture and the Fathers, as 'bombastic'. Nonetheless, Hugh does have a powerful command of Latin and took pleasure in crafting letters to his circle of friends and to those with whom he wanted to share common concerns.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
889 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83765-091-0 (9781837650910)
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Emeritus Professor CONSTANT J. MEWS taught at Monash University, where he was Director of the Centre for Religious Studies within its School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies. He is interested in medieval religious thought and intellectual history of the Latin West, particularly the development of theology in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. SEPPO HEIKKINEN is a Latinist whose main field of expertise is Late Latin and Early Medieval grammar and poetics. He has discussed The Venerable Bede and his metrical theory in several publications.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
Existing studies of Hugh Metel
Hugh Metel and the city of Toul
Hugh Metel's education and network of correspondents
Themes in the letter collection of Hugh Metel
Hugh Metel and his literary sources
The Berlin manuscript (B) and the poetic interests of Hugh Metel
THE LETTERS OF HUGH METEL
1 To Bernard of Clairvaux
2 To scholars
3 To master Tiecelin
4 To Pope Innocent II
5 To Peter Abelard
6 To Albero, archbishop of Trier
7 To brother Adam
8 To Guilencus, bishop of Langres
9 To Stephen, bishop of Metz
10 To Bernard of Clairvaux
11 To a young monk
12 To master Tiecelin
13 To Fulco, abbot of Epernay
14 To Rainald, a priest
15 To Henry, bishop of Toul
16 To Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete
17 To Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete
18 To William, abbot (of Saint-Thierry?)
19 To Rainald, a priest
20 To Thierry, a Benedictine monk
21 To Embrico, bishop of Wuerzburg
22 To Stephen, an abbot
23 To Hugh, a chaplain of Saint-Evre
24 To Seibert
25 To Peter, Augustinian abbot of All Saints, Chalons
26 To Gerard, a monk
27 To Udelric (chancellor of Toul?)
28 To Udelric (chancellor of Toul?)
29 To Fulco (a young man?)
30 To Albero, archbishop of Trier
31 To Sofrid, a young man
32 To Gumbert
33 To Gerland of Besancon
34 To Master Hugh of Chartres
35 To Hunbert, an Augustinian canon
36 To Garbod
37 To Euchius, an abbot
38 To Rofrid
39 To Fulco
40 To Humbert, once a philosopher, now a theologian
41 To unidentified cardinals
42 To Thierry, a Benedictine monk
43 To Fulco, a young man
44 To Humbert, an Augustinian canon
45 To Odo, an abbot
46 To Hugh, a young man
47 To master Tiecelin
48 To Gerard, a monk
49 To Paulinus
50 To William, a scholastic
51 To Constantine
52 To Constantine
53 To Constantine
54 To Simon, abbot of Saint-Clement, Metz
55 To Simon, abbot of Saint-Clement, Metz
Index of Primary Sources
Index of Secondary Sources
Biblical Citations and References
General Index
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
Existing studies of Hugh Metel
Hugh Metel and the city of Toul
Hugh Metel's education and network of correspondents
Themes in the letter collection of Hugh Metel
Hugh Metel and his literary sources
The Berlin manuscript (B) and the poetic interests of Hugh Metel
THE LETTERS OF HUGH METEL
1 To Bernard of Clairvaux
2 To scholars
3 To master Tiecelin
4 To Pope Innocent II
5 To Peter Abelard
6 To Albero, archbishop of Trier
7 To brother Adam
8 To Guilencus, bishop of Langres
9 To Stephen, bishop of Metz
10 To Bernard of Clairvaux
11 To a young monk
12 To master Tiecelin
13 To Fulco, abbot of Epernay
14 To Rainald, a priest
15 To Henry, bishop of Toul
16 To Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete
17 To Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete
18 To William, abbot (of Saint-Thierry?)
19 To Rainald, a priest
20 To Thierry, a Benedictine monk
21 To Embrico, bishop of Wuerzburg
22 To Stephen, an abbot
23 To Hugh, a chaplain of Saint-Evre
24 To Seibert
25 To Peter, Augustinian abbot of All Saints, Chalons
26 To Gerard, a monk
27 To Udelric (chancellor of Toul?)
28 To Udelric (chancellor of Toul?)
29 To Fulco (a young man?)
30 To Albero, archbishop of Trier
31 To Sofrid, a young man
32 To Gumbert
33 To Gerland of Besancon
34 To Master Hugh of Chartres
35 To Hunbert, an Augustinian canon
36 To Garbod
37 To Euchius, an abbot
38 To Rofrid
39 To Fulco
40 To Humbert, once a philosopher, now a theologian
41 To unidentified cardinals
42 To Thierry, a Benedictine monk
43 To Fulco, a young man
44 To Humbert, an Augustinian canon
45 To Odo, an abbot
46 To Hugh, a young man
47 To master Tiecelin
48 To Gerard, a monk
49 To Paulinus
50 To William, a scholastic
51 To Constantine
52 To Constantine
53 To Constantine
54 To Simon, abbot of Saint-Clement, Metz
55 To Simon, abbot of Saint-Clement, Metz
Index of Primary Sources
Index of Secondary Sources
Biblical Citations and References
General Index