Open Access«DIALOGUE» PETER ALFONCI IN THE LIGHT OF THE THEORY OF CAPITALS BY PIERA BOURDIER
Author(s) -
Yulia Alexandrovna Shumilova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chronos: obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2712-9705
DOI - 10.52013/2712-9705-21-1-2
Subject(s) - prologue , biography , historiography , context (archaeology) , politics , capital (architecture) , faith , classics , sociology , intellectual history , intellectual capital , history , law , literature , political science , epistemology , philosophy , art , ancient history , archaeology
During the last 20 years, with the appearance of the “new intellectual history”, the interest in the study of medieval polemical works has increased. However, very few researches, particularly in Russian historiography, have been dedicated to studying of Petrus Alfonsi’s “Dialogue”. The aim of this study was therefore the analysis of the different forms of capital of Petrus Alfonsi in the Dialogue according to the context of its creation. Firstly, through the analysis of the few facts of Petrus’ biography and the prologue of his work, the main social relations of the author of the “Dialogue” are revealed, and also it is analyzed how the accumulated social capital (namely author’s social connections) influenced his activity both as a polemist and as a political figure at the turn of the XI-XII centuries. Secondly, through the analysis of polemist’s “library” (the books and works of Arab and Latin scholars he was familiar with) and his works, author examines the intellectual capital of Petrus Alfonsi. The study revealed that Petrus’ Alfonsi fate can serve as a good example of the operation of social and intellectual capitals at the beginning of the XII century. The author who decided to abandon his past faith, managed to reach certain heights at court and in the main business of his life — the dispute with his former co-religionists. Thus, he transformed these types of capital into symbolic capital, the most important for a medieval author.