Every Valley Shall Be Exalted: The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought

by Constance Brittain Bouchard

Book Overview

In high medieval France, men and women saw the world around them as the product of tensions between opposites. Imbued with a Christian culture in which a penniless preacher was also the King of Kings and the last were expected to be first, twelfth-century thinkers brought order to their lives through the creation of opposing categories. In a highly original work, Constance Brittain Bouchard examines this poorly understood component of twelfth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801440580
• ISBN13: 9780801440588
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher