The Last Carolingian Exegete: Pope Urban II, the Weight of Tradition, and Christian Reconquest
Matthew Gabriele
Pope Urban II (1088–99) was trained at Reims and Cluny before entering the orbit of Gregorians around Rome. As such, first as an exegete. By considering how used one particular verse (Daniel 2:21) tracing that verse's intellectual lineage forward from Fathers, through Carolingians, we get a clearer picture not just vibrancy eleventh-century life but also, ultimately, Urban's understanding arc sacred history. Carolingian exegete, continued work his ninth-century predecessors, calling Christian people (populus christianus) to mend their ways strike back against pagans, so God would return His hand allow Christians reconquer Mediterranean world.
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