Eberhard of Béthune

Graecismus by Eberhard of Béthune

Eberhard of Béthune (also known as Everard of Béthune, Évrard de Béthune, Éverard de Béthune, Ebrardus Bethuniensis or Bithuniensis, Eberhardus Bethuniensis, Eberard, Ebrard, Ebrad; died c. 1212)[1] was a Flemish[2] grammarian of the early thirteenth century, from Arras. He was the author of Graecismus, a popular Latin grammatical poem, dated to c. 1212.[3] The name came from a short section on the Greek language.[4] His Laborintus is "an elaborate and critical treatise on poetry and pedagogics";[5] it is also known as De Miseriis Rectorum Scholarum.

He was also actively engaged against the Waldensians,[6] and wrote a book entitled Liber Antihaeresis (c. 1210) against them. He is cited in Foxe's Book of Martyrs as to the etymology of the name.[7]

References

  1. ^ Peter Christian Jacobsen (2002). "Liste lateinischer Autoren und anonymer Werke des 13. Jahrhunderts (ca. 1170–1320)". MGH Poetae (in German). Erlangen.
  2. ^ Erwin L. Lueker; Luther Poellot; Paul Jackson, eds. (2000). "Eberhard(t) of Béthune". Archived copy. Christian Cyclopedia. Concordia Publishing House. Archived from the original on 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2007-03-09.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "poetry". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. The Graecismus was edited by Johannes Wrobel, Eberhard von Bethune: Graecismus (Breslau 1887, reprint: Hildesheim/Zürich/New York 1987).
  4. ^ P. S. Allen (2005-05-10). "The Age of Erasmus". Project Gutenberg. Its name, Graecismus, was based upon a chapter, the eighth, devoted to the elementary study of Greek.
  5. ^ W. H. Matthews (1970-06-01). "XXII. The Labyrinth in Literature". Mazes and Labyrinths. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-22614-X.
  6. ^ John Derkesen (November 2004). "Peacemaking Principles drawn from Opposition to the Crusades (1095–1276)" (PDF). Peace Research. 36 (2): 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
  7. ^ John Foxe (1563). "POPE ALEXANDER III AND THE WALDENSES". Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

Further reading

  • Anne Grondeux (2001), Le Graecismus d'Évrard de Béthune à travers ses gloses
  • Anne Grondeux (2010), Glosa super Graecismum Eberhardi Bethuniensis Capitula I–III: de figuris coloribusque rhetoricis
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Eberhard von Béthune". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 1442–1443. ISBN 3-88309-013-1.