John of Salisbury (–1180)

Author of Policraticus

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John of Salisbury learned about court life as secretary first to Thibaud, and then to Thomas a Becket, both archbishops of Canterbury. He later became bishop of Chartres. His books are urbane and clearly written, providing a cultured view of the upper-class society of the twelfth century. (Bowker show more Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: John of Salisbury, John of Salisbury, Giovanni di Salisbury, Johannes von Salisbury, Johannes Saresberiensis, Ioannes : Saresberiensis, Bp. of Chartres John of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres of Salisbury John

Also includes: Daniel D. McGarry (2)

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Policraticus (1979) — Author — 108 copies

The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium (1955) 98 copies

The Historia pontificalis of John of Salisbury (1956) 12 copies

The letters of John of Salisbury (1979) 8 copies

The Statesman's Book of John of Salisbury; Being the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Books, and Selections from the… (1963) 4 copies

Anselm & Becket : two Canterbury saints' lives (1990) 4 copies

Opera Omnia (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition) (2017) 1 copy

The Letters of John of Salisbury. Volume One: The Early Letters (1153-1161). (1955) 1 copy

Ioannis Saresberiensis Metalogicon (CCCM 98) (1991) 1 copy

The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury - A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium 1 copy

The letters of John of Salisbury, volume two : The later years (1163-1180) 1 copy

Frivolities of courtiers and footprints of philosophers, being a translation of the first, second, and third books and… 1 copy

Letters (1955) 1 copy

[Metalogicus. English] The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury : a twelfth-century defense of the verbal and logical arts… 1 copy

Ioannis Saresberiensis episcopi carnotensis Policratici sive De nugis Curialium et vestigiis Philosophorum libri 8. 1 copy

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Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions (1983) — Contributor — 442 copies

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