Theology, rhetoric, and politics in the Eucharistic controversy, 1078-1079 : Alberic of Monte Cassino against Berengar of Tours / Charles M. Radding, Francis Newton.

Includes the text and translation of the Libellus.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.

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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Berengar of Tours and the Eucharistic Controversy; Introduction; The Carolingian Background and the Eleventh-Century Debate; Berengar's Theology of the Eucharist; Berengar's Early Critics; The Early Councils; The Aftermath of the Council of 1059: Lanfranc and Guitmund; The Movement Toward Rome; 2. The Aberdeen Libellus Against Berengar of Tours; The Manuscript; The Rubric and Morin's Attribution to Berengar of Venosa; The Treatise and Its Author; Alberic of Monte Cassino and His "Lost" Treatise.

3. Style and Content of the LibellusAlberic's Literary Work; The Literary Style of the Aberdeen Libellus; The Content of the Libellus; Conclusion; 4. Berengar of Tours and the Roman Councils of 1078 and 1079; The Sources; The Council of All Saints, 1078; Alberic and Berengar; Berengar and Alberic at the Lenten Council, 1079; Brief Epilogue: Berengar Remembers; Conclusion; The Text and Translation of the Libellus; Latin Version; English Version; Appendix. The Dossier of Unconnected Sententiae Following the Libellus in the Aberdeen Manuscript; Bibliography; Index.

In the concluding stages of the eleventh-century Eucharistic Controversy, which turned on whether, and how, sacramental consecration changed the nature of bread and wine at the altar, Alberic of Monte Cassino composed a small but important treatise. Alberic was the most renowned teacher of rhetoric in his time, and his treatise, buttressed by appeal to the authority of the Church Fathers, was said by contemporaries to have "utterly destroyed" the argument of his opponent, Berengar of Tours, that the bread and wine survived its consecration. Modern scholars had long believed Alberic's treatise to be lost. This book demonstrates that this crucial document, far from being lost, is an existing identifiable text. By showing conclusively that this work was written by Alberic, Radding and Newton transform our understanding not only of the particulars of the controversy and papal politics but also of the intellectual process by which theological doctrines took shape in mediaeval Church councils. The book includes the full Latin text and the first translation of Alberic's treatise

This book, which includes the full Latin text and translation of a vital manuscript long thought lost, demonstrates that Alberic's famous treatise during the Eucharistic Controversy is a text that can be identified and has been known to scholars for years. By showing conclusively that this text was in fact written by Alberic, Radding and Newton transform our understanding not only of the particulars of the controversy and papal politics, but also of the intellectual process by which theological truths took shape in medieval Church councils.

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