The Reception of Gerard of Cenad’s Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum ad Isingrimum Liberalem in Romania. The edition of Radu Constantinescu (I) Cover Image

The Reception of Gerard of Cenad’s Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum ad Isingrimum Liberalem in Romania. The edition of Radu Constantinescu (I)
The Reception of Gerard of Cenad’s Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum ad Isingrimum Liberalem in Romania. The edition of Radu Constantinescu (I)

Author(s): Claudiu Mesaroș
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Gerard of Cenad; Deliberatio; Medieval philosophy; reception of Medieval Philosophy in Romania; Radu Constantinescu; rationalism; anti-clericalism; materialism;

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian edition of Deliberatio supra hymnum truym puerorum from 1984 still stands as the only textual reference available to the Romanian academia and continues to influence the general reception of Gerard’s text. It has been more than thirty years since this selective translation was published by the Romanian publisher Meridiane and there was practically no critical reaction to it, which could suggest either minimal interest or minimal access to alternative sources. We believe both hypotheses are worth considering and we support the need for a more systematic approach to Radu Constantinescu’s work in order to support the idea of a new Romanian translation and commentary. The present study critically examines Răzvan Theodorescu’s Foreword and Radu Constantinescu’s introductory study. We leave for future investigation the consistency of the translated selection and the Comments published at the end of the text.

  • Issue Year: 3/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 34-41
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English