Alfonso M. HERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ

Height, fall and rebirth of the Carolingian exegetical tradition. Comments regarding the transmission of the Benedictine culture between centuries VIII and XX

Auge, caída y renacimiento de la tradición exegética carolingia. Observaciones sobre la transmisión de la cultura benedictina entre los siglos VIII y XX

Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History

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During the High the Middle Ages the main centers of thought were, or were influenced, by the cultural and theological tradition of the monasteries. The Carolingian biblical exegesis belongs to that tradition. This study explores the becoming of the exegetical texts that forms that tradition, from its production to its modern use as sources for the study of early medieval culture during the twentieth century.