Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Studying Jerome in a Carolingian monastery

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterAcademicpeer-review

Abstract

This article focuses on the traces of use in one of the oldest manuscripts containing Adversus Vigilantium: Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek Augiensis Perg. 105. Church father Jerome (†419/20) wrote the treatise in the autumn of 406 to counter the attacks of the priest Vigilantius of Calagurris on practices that became increasingly popular in his days: relic veneration, monastic withdrawal and clerical celibacy. His treatise was frequently copied and used in the Christian communities of the medieval Latin West. Why was Adversus Vigilantium so popular? What appeal did a late antique polemic have for a medieval audience? What interests me in particular is whether or not the popularity of Jerome’s treatise against Vigilantius in the centuries after its composition can perhaps be understood as an indication that Jerome’s defence of relic veneration remained relevant in later times.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Annotated Book in the Middle Ages
Subtitle of host publicationEarly Practices of Reading and Writing
EditorsMariken Teeuwen, Irene van Renswoude
Place of PublicationTurnhout
PublisherBrepols
Pages621-646
Number of pages26
ISBN (Print)978-2-503-56948-2
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventThe Practices of Reading and Writing in the Early Middle Ages - The Hague, Netherlands
Duration: 3 Jun 20155 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameUtrecht Studies of medieval Literacy
PublisherBrepols

Conference

ConferenceThe Practices of Reading and Writing in the Early Middle Ages
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityThe Hague
Period3/06/155/06/15

Keywords

  • marginalia
  • reception of religious controversy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Studying Jerome in a Carolingian monastery'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this