Description for Ramon Llull
Paperback.
The autobiography of an influential medieval Catalan intellectual. Ramon Llull was a highly original medieval writer and thinker. Direct contact with Moslem culture during his early years in Majorca, soon after the Christian reconquest, furnished him with a vision of the "Other" quite unique among medieval European intellectuals. It was not, however, until his thirties that he abandoned the courtly life, immersed himself in theological and philosophical studies and began his sustained campaign of conversion. He travelledon many occasions throughout Europe in search of royal and papal support and undertook several missions to north Africa, in the course ... Read more
The autobiography of an influential medieval Catalan intellectual. Ramon Llull was a highly original medieval writer and thinker. Direct contact with Moslem culture during his early years in Majorca, soon after the Christian reconquest, furnished him with a vision of the "Other" quite unique among medieval European intellectuals. It was not, however, until his thirties that he abandoned the courtly life, immersed himself in theological and philosophical studies and began his sustained campaign of conversion. He travelledon many occasions throughout Europe in search of royal and papal support and undertook several missions to north Africa, in the course ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855661998
SKU
V9781855661998
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Reviews for Ramon Llull
[A]n invaluable resource for anyone working on Llull's thought and self-presentation.
MEDIUM AEVUM
Nicely produced, like all volumes in this series published as a joint venture by Barcino and Tamesis, [this] is a very attractive paperback, carefully edited and printed on paper of high quality with a full color cover.
NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RESEARCH ... Read more
MEDIUM AEVUM
Nicely produced, like all volumes in this series published as a joint venture by Barcino and Tamesis, [this] is a very attractive paperback, carefully edited and printed on paper of high quality with a full color cover.
NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RESEARCH ... Read more