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Mystical Experience According to Hugh of Saint Victor: Principles, Foundations, and Types

P. Sicard

September 25, 2017 DOI: 10.1163/9789004351691_016 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Historical analysis
Topics Mystical experience
Key points Argues that the canons' life, theology, and biblical exegesis at the Abbey of Saint Victor during the twelfth century shaped later medieval scholarship.

Abstract

The authors trace the history of the abbey, but focuses on the canons’ life and ministry, theology, biblical exegesis during the twelfth century, concluding with an examination of reception of Victorine scholarship in the later Middle Ages.

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