Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. CHAPTER ONE Formerly Famous but Long Since Forgotten: Peter Comestor’s Historia scholastica 1
6. CHAPTER TWO Lessons Learned in the Classroom Comestor’s Lectures on the Glossed Gospels 52
7. CHAPTER THREE From the Gloss to the History 84
8. CHAPTER FOUR Towards a Better Textbook: The Making of the Historia scholastica 109
9. CHAPTER FIVE The Case for a “Langton” Edition of the History 157
10. CHAPTER SIX Stephen Langton: Comestor’s Student, Collaborator, Colleague 187
11. CHAPTER SEVEN Langton’s Course on the Historia scholastica: The Making of a University Textbook 214
12. CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusions 254
13. Textual Appendices 260
14. Bibliography 304
15. Index of Scriptural Citations 316
16. General Index 318