Medieval Liège at the Crossroads of Europe: Monastic Society and Culture, 1000–1300 ed. by Steven Vanderputten, Tjamke Snijders, and Jay Diehl
Rodney M. Thomson
Reviewed by: Medieval Liège at the Crossroads of Europe: Monastic Society and Culture, 1000–1300 ed. by Steven Vanderputten, Tjamke Snijders, Jay Diehl Rodney Thomson Steven, Diehl, eds, (Medieval Church Studies, 37), Turnhout, Brepols, 2017; hardback; pp. xxiv, 381; 13 b/w illustrations, 8 tables, 3 maps; R.R.P. €100.00; ISBN 9782503545400. This volume consists an introduction eleven essays, many which first appeared as papers in a conference held Brussels 2011, plus conclusion. As indicates, medieval its environs have past been studied small group Belgian scholars (Hubert Silvestre Jacques Stiennon pre-eminent among them), no attempt has made to situate region within broader context Empire (it was archdiocese Cologne) or Kingdom France. is what present aims do, not pretending be last, but rather word on subject: signal 'taster' entice others into field. All essays are English save Michel Margue's. The subdivided subject-areas, apparently proceeds, roughly, order date, although this hard achieve, given that cover longish period time, so there much chronological overlapping. In fact, goodly bunch them situated eleventh early twelfth centuries; only them, John Van Engen's, ventures far thirteenth century. may divided roughly following groups: monastic networking power-structures (Helena Vanommeslaeghe, Nicolas Schroeder); texts books (Klaus Krönert, Diane Reilly, Diehl); investitures (Ortwin Huysmans, Brigitte Meijns, Margue); religious women (Sara Moens, Engen). Central, literally metaphorically, book message Diehl's chapter, convincingly demonstrating booklist Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS 9668, represents curriculum school created St Laurent Rupert Deutz 'in create highly novel scholastic culture, one had precise parallels either [France Empire] none conservatism often associated with intellectual life' (pp. 175–76). [End Page 264] There still do: Alexis Wilkin's conclusion suggests two ways forward: one, study place canons canonical reform diocese; other, life beginning from Carolingian era than mid-tenth I would add about 123 manuscripts survive Benedictine house Saint James, 139 library Laurence, minority decorated items studied. also work Laurence scriptorium century, when scholasticus (c. 1109–19). University Tasmania Copyright © 2019
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