I don't have explicit references but have you read Karl Morrison's
"Incentives for Studying the Liberal Arts," in _The Seven Lilberal Arts in
the Middle Ages_, ed. David L. Wagner, Indiana Univ. Press, 1983. The arts
are all considered in separate chapters by different authors, and the
volume concludes with an essay by Ralph McInerny, "Beyond the Liberal
Arts." This set of essays places the general topic of your conceren in a
larger context, and perhaps this will be useful to how you read the texts,
frame the questions.
Leah
At 12:54 PM 2/16/00 +1100, you wrote:
>This is a fairly general query. I am a graduate student, studying
>the writings of Otloh of St Emmeram. I have been looking at a long
>standing question as to the meaning of Otloh's objections to the
>liberal arts. I have also been looking at similar objections in the
>works of Manegold of Lautenbach and Peter Damian, with whom Otloh is
>usually compared. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding further
>reading in this area, primary or secondary? Do any list readers know
>any other references for objections to the study of the liberal
>arts, particularly in the eleventh century but also in the medieval
>period more generally?
Leah Rutchick
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