Jan 12, 2022
Isidore of Seville lived at a time when the memory (or fantasy)
of a homogeneous Roman culture was rapidly fading. It was a time to
gather the last of the classical harvest into the barns. The
conquering “barbarians,” the Visigoths, had now been ruling in
Spain for centuries. They were no longer foreigners. Rather, a new
culture was forming, a “melting pot” of Roman and northern
elements. A man of holy ambition, Isidore laid strong foundations
for the medieval European culture that would follow.
LINKS
Isidore of Seville, The Etymologies https://sfponline.org/Uploads/2002/st%20isidore%20in%20english.pdf
Isidore of Seville, On the Ecclesiastical Offices https://www.google.com/books/edition/Isidore_of_Seville/_YhkqmfNeIIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Ernest Brehaut, An Encyclopedist of the Dark Ages: Isidore of Seville (biography, with a detailed critical appreciation of his works and partial translation of The Etymologies) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51511
Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com
Mike Aquilina’s books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/
Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org
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