John of Salisbury in recent scholarship
David Luscombe
Twenty-two years ago the Historisches Jahrbuch published a review of recent studies John Salisbury. It was signed by H. Hohenleutner (1958) and it surveyed work done between 1948 1958. In that immediately post-war period there had appeared Daniel McGarry’s most useful translation into English Metalogicon (1955); Christopher Brooke brought to completion an edition early Letters Salisbury covering 1153-61, Marjope Chibnall edited translated with great success Historia Pontificalis (1956). There also appeared, apart from number short articles chapters, Hans Liebeschütz’s book on medieval humanism Helbling-Gloor’s study John’s ideas concerning nature superstition
Studies in church history. Subsidia