TY - JOUR
T1 - Hraban Maur, On honouring parents. 834
AU - de Jong, Mayke
A2 - Gilbert, Richard
A2 - Traves, Alex
A2 - West, Charles
A2 - Zhang, Tianpeng
PY - 2022/1/6
Y1 - 2022/1/6
N2 - This work was written in 834 by Hraban Maur (or Hrabanus Maurus, or Rabanus Maurus, c. 780–856), at this point abbot of the monastery of Fulda, and addressed to Emperor Louis the Pious. Its conventional title 'On honoring parents' suggests that it is a treatise on the obedience that children owe to their parents. However, this title was provided by its modern editor, based on the heading of the first chapter, and the treatise's remit in truth is both wider and narrower: wider, in that it encompasses topics such as forgiveness and judgment as well as filial obedience; and narrower, because it was written for a specific political purpose. We provide here a full English translation to make the work more accessible, together with an introduction for those unfamiliar with the context and period in which it was written
AB - This work was written in 834 by Hraban Maur (or Hrabanus Maurus, or Rabanus Maurus, c. 780–856), at this point abbot of the monastery of Fulda, and addressed to Emperor Louis the Pious. Its conventional title 'On honoring parents' suggests that it is a treatise on the obedience that children owe to their parents. However, this title was provided by its modern editor, based on the heading of the first chapter, and the treatise's remit in truth is both wider and narrower: wider, in that it encompasses topics such as forgiveness and judgment as well as filial obedience; and narrower, because it was written for a specific political purpose. We provide here a full English translation to make the work more accessible, together with an introduction for those unfamiliar with the context and period in which it was written
U2 - 10.26012/mittelalter-27323
DO - 10.26012/mittelalter-27323
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 33
JO - Mittelalter. Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Rezeptionsgeschichte
JF - Mittelalter. Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Rezeptionsgeschichte
ER -