I am a PhD student working on my doctoral dissertation on "Latin Classics
in Medieval Hungary: Eleventh Century."
One of the proposed chapters of my thesis focuses on the classical
tradition and the role of the seven liberal arts in the "Deliberatio" of
Bishop Gerard of Csanad.
Right now, I am working on a paper on "The Seven Liberal Arts in the
"Deliberatio" of Bishop Gerard of Csanad to be presented at the 20th
Annual Medieval Conference ("Education in the Middle Ages") organized by
the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University in New York (March
24-25, 2000).
Basically, my idea is that the eleventh-century objections against the
seven liberal arts (including those of Gerard of Csanad, Peter Damiani,
and Otloh of St. Emmaram) are nothing more than literary conventions.
These authors could not have launched such eloquent attacks against the
seven liberal arts without having a thorough training in the trivial and
quadrivial arts.
Consequently, the very well established notions initiated by modern
scholars like Manitius and Endres on the "antidialectic school" in the
eleventh century should be reconsidered.
By the way, if you are interested, the "Deliberatio" of Bishop Gerard of
Csanad is easily accessible in the 49th volume of the Corpus Christianorum
Continuatio Mediaevalis (by Gabriel Silagi).
I am very much interested, however, if anybody could come up with
arguments against my hypothesis - being a graduate student, I do not want
to seem too prepotent in challenging traditionally accepted theses in the
relevant scholarly literature.
Until then, I remain
Yours sincerely,
Elod Nemerkenyi
PhD student
Central European University
Department of Medieval Studies
Budapest
Hungary
in the 1999/2000 academic year:
visiting graduate student
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Department of Classics
131 George Street
New Brunswick
NJ 08901-1414
USA
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [log in to unmask] 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?
>
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