Miscellanies, Christian reform and early medieval encyclopaedism: a reconsideration of the pre-bestiary Latin <i>Physiologus</i> manuscripts
Anna Dorofeeva
This article examines the evidence of early medieval Latin Physiologus manuscripts for compilatory practices within context Carolingian ecclesiastical and educational reform in period c.700–1000. It argues that miscellany manuscripts, which is exclusively found this period, represent a conscious highly organized encyclopaedic drive created multi-purpose manuals as part response to programmatic social change at local level. Miscellanies are therefore key overlooked source use knowledge monastic writing centres, intellectual history more generally
Historical Research