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Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia
Augustine and the Making of Christian Practice and Doctrine (400-1000)
Matthieu Pignot (ed)
- Pages: approx. 280 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Illustrations:3 b/w, 5 tables b/w.
- Language(s):English, Latin
- Publication Year:2027
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-62547-8
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This book presents nine chapters that explore Augustine’s influence on Western Christianity in relation to specific practices and ideas in the period before c. 1000 AD.
BIO
Matthieu Pignot is a senior researcher at the University of Namur and the Royal Library of Belgium. His broad interests lie in the history and reception of early Christianity in the West from late antiquity to the early modern period. He has published a range of books and articles on this topic, in particular on North African authors, Augustine of Hippo among them, as well as anonymous or pseudepigraphic texts.
Summary
It is widely acknowledged that Augustine was extensively read from Antiquity onward and played a pivotal role in shaping normative practices and ideas that have influenced Christianity for centuries. But can we be more precise? Can Augustine’s impact be measured in specific practices such as oath-making, praying for the dead, preaching, and Sunday rest? How were his views on communal life, martyrdom, predestination, grace, the nature of the soul, Patristic authority and Christian rulership transmitted, received, and at times challenged? This volume brings together nine chapters by international specialists in late antique and early medieval Christianity to explore these questions, with a focus on the period up to c. 1000 AD. The first centuries after Augustine’s death were crucial in building his legacy: early readers engaged with his work in diverse ways, from wholehearted endorsement to selective adaptation, neglect, or outright rejection. Examining Augustine’s reception not only sheds light on his enduring influence but also reveals how significantly Western Christianity evolved during this formative period – an evolution driven, to a great extent, by creative debate, controversy, and the reexamination of ideas inherited from influential predecessors, among whom Augustine stands prominently.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction (Matthieu Pignot)
Augustine and the Making of Christian Oaths (Michael Wuk)
Chambers of Rest: Reflections on the Sabbath in the Writings of Augustine of Hippo and Gregory the Great (Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina)
Sermones ad populum “extravagantes” and Their Transmission: Insights from Overlooked Manuscripts (Riccardo Macchioro)
Praying for the Dead in Carolingian Europe: Augustine’s Enchiridion in Paul the Deacon’s Homiliary (Zachary Guiliano)
Augustine’s Texts as an Inspiration for Canonical Life in Ninth-Century West Francia (Lene ten Haaf)
Caesarius of Arles and Augustine’s Life of Martyrdom (Diane Shane Fruchtman)
Saving Augustine’s Legacy: Prosper of Aquitaine in Rome (Alexander Y. Hwang)
Augustinian Teaching about the Human Soul in Carolingian Pastoral Care? (Jesse Keskiaho)
Patristics and Politics: Augustine’s City of God in Two Carolingian Florilegia on Warfare and the Administration of Justice (Marina Giani)
Index
