Description:
First published in 1988, this book has been widely debated, inspiring the current interest on medieval friendship. In a new introduction, McGuire surveys the critical reaction to the original edition and new research on friendship.
Brief description: Brian Patrick McGuire is Professor of Medieval History at the Institute for Culture and Identity at Roskilde University. He is the author of Jean Gerson and the Last Medieval Reformation.
Review Quotes:
"Brian McGuire's Friendship and Community is by now a classic, the most important book to appear--ever--on the subject. Its sweep is broad. McGuire shows the development of medieval ideals of friendship and community from antiquity to the high Middle Ages. Current interest on the topic is high, in large part due to McGuire's book."--C. Stephen Jaeger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign