Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Quondam Lincolniensis Epistolae

by Robert Grosseteste

Published as part of the Rolls Series in 1861, these collected letters date mainly from 1235-53, when, as bishop of Lincoln, their author presided over the largest diocese in England. Both a scientist and a theologian, Robert Grosseteste (c.1170-1253) boasts what the medieval historian R. W. Southern describes as 'a rarely paralleled breadth of intellectual interests'. His letters are invaluably illustrative of the social conditions of the time. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108042805
• ISBN13: 9781108042802
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"