God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda
(2019)
Book Chapter
Barrett, G. (2019). God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda. In A. Fear, & J. Wood (Eds.), A Companion to Isidore of Seville (42-100). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415454_004
What I hope to show in the following pages is that Isidore of Seville, seen in the mirror of his own words, aimed not to become catechist to centuries of priests and monks, nor indeed to achieve any great stylistic or generic innovation as such, but... Read More about God’s Librarian: Isidore of Seville and His Literary Agenda.