The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury: Volume 1 Letters as Prior and Abbot of Bec (1070-1092) Volume 96

by Anselm of Canterbury and Walter Frohlich

A monk and a scholar generally recognized as the keenest philosophical and theological mind of his time, of Bec, found himself forcibly and unwillingly invested as Archbishop of Canterbury on 6 March 1093. It was the first of many sharp differences between the Norman King and an archbishop who considered the reform of the church and the improvement of the moral conduct of the kingdom his prime tasks.

Among his chief weapons in fighting to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879077964
• ISBN13: 9780879077969
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"