Reading into Christian teaching: The Augustinian hermeneutic of love in the Carolingian age
Abstract
This study examines the use of Augustine of Hippo’s De Doctrina Christiana in the Carolingian world. Rather than focusing on theoretical aspects of Augustine’s work, Carolingian readers and appropriators tended to focus on ideas of morality and love. Especially significant for Carolingian thinkers was how ideas of loving one’s neighbor could help one approach God. Topics include the manuscript evidence for De Doctrina Christiana and its use in Carolingian image controversies, exegesis, and education. This study seeks to understand how the Carolingians made made one significant element of the Augustinian tradition their own.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Contreni, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Religious history|Medieval history
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