Alan of Lille

Alan Of Lille Was A Notable Figure In The Second Half Of The Twelfth Century As A Theologian And As A Poet And He Has Seemed As Rich And Individual A Writer To Modern Scholars As He Did To His Own Contemporaries. This Study Examines His Work As A Whole In An Attempt To Set His Well-Known Literary Achievement In The Context Of His Theological Writings. He Was In Many Ways A Pioneer An Experimenter With Several Of The New Genres Of His Day An Innovator Both As A Teacher And As An Author. He Was Not An Original Thinker So Much As An Eclectic Drawing On A Wide Range Of The Sources Available To His Contemporaries. He Shows Us What Might Be Done By A Lively-Minded Scholar With The Resources Of The Day Within The Schools Of Late Twelfth-Century France To Bring Theology Alive And Make It Interesting And Challenging To His Readers.