Ciceronian Amicitia in the Letters of Gerbert of Aurillac
Courtney DeMayo
Despite historians’ disagreement over the nature of Gerbert Aurillac’s relationships, his surviving letters contain evidence that he shared close emotional bonds friendship with several peers. these friendships ecclesiastical peers, former students, and members German imperial family. Those same indicate relationships were largely modeled on Ciceronian amicitia, implying Gerbert’s actually advance a model based criteria established in Cicero’s De Amicitia.
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