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| Foreword | ||
| Ch. 1 | The Pre-Christian Polemic About the Theory and Praxis of Friendship | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Ideals of Christian Friendships in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Amicitia Dei, Fraternal Charity, and the Problem of Spiritual Friendship and Love | 43 |
| Ch. 3 | Sweeter Than Woman's Love. Praise of Chivalric Friendship in Three Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century French Fictions: Thomas' Tristan, the Prose Lancelot, and Ami and Amile | 87 |
| Ch. 4 | Models of Authority in the New Age: Boccaccio, Laurent de Premierfait, and Leon Battista Alberti | 137 |
| Appendix A: A Note on Didactic Works and Translations of the Thirteenth Century | 203 | |
| Appendix B: Laurent de Premierfait's Prefaces to His Translation of Cicero's Laelius | 209 | |
| Select Bibliography | 227 | |
| Index | 243 |
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Curtis Waller
reviewed The Arts of Friendship: The Idealization of Friendship in Medieval and Early Renaissance Literature on November 20, 2012
The Arts of Friendship: The Idealization of Friendship in Medieval and Early Renaissance Literature
I learned so much from this book about not only Alexandria but of Egypt and the Mediterranean. The book covered the economy, history and existing knowledge of the ancient era. I guess if you think of the library and museum of Alexandria in modern day terms, it would be called a university, a think tank as well as a library. I did note that Alexandrea was a diverse city of Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans and people from neighboring countries. It is amazing to realize the city was designed to have a sewer system, running water, as well as the city was laid out with streets and buildings.
The book was well written and meticulously researched. I found the section about Hypatia (350-370-415 A.D.) to be most interesting. The way the author told the story has triggered me to want to learn more about Hypatia. She was a mathematician and philosopher in the later days of Alexandria and was considered a great teacher. I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.
I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. It is eleven and a half hours. Simon Vance does an excellent job narrating the book. Vance is a well known award-winning audiobook narrator.
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