An analysis of the medieval Christian ethos based on the Rule of Saint Benedict, Pastoral Rule, and The Name of the Rose

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  • Pedro D. B. Brocco Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168302

Keywords:

Rule of Saint Benedict, Pastoral Rule, Common Good, <em>The Name of the Rose</em>, Umberto Eco

Abstract

This study analyzes the emergence of two of the main books of precepts at the beginning of the Christian era: the Rule of Saint Benedict and Saint Gregory the Great’s Pastoral Rule. Our interest in examining these two sources is to search for signs of historical formations and those reflecting legal thought and ethics in order to glimpse traces of the notion of the ‘common good”. Studying the form of the various precepts allows us to examine the relationship between life and rules, insofar as we are dealing with a concept of standards whose effectiveness is inseparable from life, whether in terms of life according to a common set of precepts in Saint Benedict, or guidelines for the virtuous life of a pastor in Saint Gregory the Great. In the final section of the work, we will seek to discuss the arguments constructed in light of Umberto Eco’s <em>The Name of the Rose</em>.

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Author Biography

  • Pedro D. B. Brocco, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ
    Doutorando em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Direito da Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGSD-UFF). Possui mestrado em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais (2014) pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Direito da Universidade Federal Fluminense e bacharelado em Direito (2009) pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória, Espírito Santo. Atualmente desenvolve pesquisas nos campos da História do Direito, da Teoria do Direito e da Filosofia Moral e do Direito, cujos principais eixos temáticos são: I. Formação da juridicidade moderna; II. Ética e retórica; III. Teoria do Direito.

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Published

2016-10-03

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Vol. 8 - No. 3 - Setembro a Dezembro (2016)

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An analysis of the medieval Christian ethos based on the Rule of Saint Benedict, Pastoral Rule, and The Name of the Rose. (2016). Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 8(3), 452-470. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168302