Hugh of Amiens and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance

Hugh of Amiens (c. 1085-1164) was an important intellectual figure in the twelfth century. During a long life he served as a cleric Cluniac monk abbot and archbishop of Rouen. He wrote a number of works including poems biblical exegesis anti-heretical polemics and most importantly one of the earliest collections of systematic theology his Dialogues. This book examines all of Hugh's writings to uncover a better understanding not only of this individual but also of the twelfth-century as a whole especially the theological preoccupations of the period including the development of systematic theology and views on the differences of the monastic and clerical ways of life.