Peter of Blois

Petrus von Blois (Latin Petrus Blesensis ), (* 1135 ; † 1211 ) was a French poet and diplomat.

Life

He came from a noble Breton family and studied philosophy, law and theology in France and Italy. As an excellent expert on ancient authors, he can be considered an early representative of humanism .

Like his younger brother Wilhelm , he chose a spiritual career, but did not achieve a leading position in the hierarchy. Peter von Blois was a restless spirit, he spent a large part of his life at the ruling courts in Sicily and England as secretary, chancellor and educator .

Works

His letters, the collection of which was put together in at least five editorial offices between 1184 and 1205 and which have survived in whole or in part in 300 manuscripts, were read particularly frequently. In addition, there are crusade writings and tracts against Jews and heretics. Only a few of the more than 500 manuscripts with works by Peter contain his Ars dictandi and the Vita of St. Guthlac . Petrus von Blois also wrote poems in the style of vagante lyricism , several of which have been included in the Carmina Burana collection .

• MS-B-204 - Ambrosius Mediolanensis. Petrus Blesensis. Johannes Gerson et alia (theological collective manuscript). Tertiarerkonvent St. Janskamp, ​​Vollenhove [around 1465-1470] ( digitized version )
• Epistolae . Fratres vitae communis, Brussels 1479 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )

Editions

• Migne , Patrologia latina 207 ( Petrus Blesensis )
• RBC Huygens, Dialogus inter regem Henricum secundum et abbatem Bonevallis , Revue Bénedictine 68, 1958, 87-112 = Serta I, 375-408
• The Later Letters of Peter of Blois , ed. E. Revell, 1993

literature

• JD Cotts, The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century , Washington, DC 2009
• R. Köhn, Petrus von Blois , in Lexikon des Mittelalters 6 (1993), Col. 1963–1964
• M. Markowski, Peter of Blois [Diss. Syracuse Univ. 1988]
• M. Markowski, Peter of Blois and the Conception of the Third Crusade , in: The Horns of Hattin , ed. BZ Kedar, 1992, 261-269.
• A. Marx, The Passio Raginaldi by Petrus von Blois. Martyrdom, Emotionality and Eschatology (Vienna 2014).
• Johannes Madey:  PETER from Blois (Petrus Blesensis). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1214-1215.
• Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.

Web links

• Publications on Petrus Blesensis (1135–1204) in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
• Publications on Pietro di Blois in the Opac der Regesta Imperii