Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction Law, Christianity, and Secularization in the Low Countries
- 1 Alger of Liège
- 2 Arnoldus Gheyloven
- 3 Boëtius Epo
- 4 Leonardus Lessius
- 5 Franciscus Zypaeus
- 6 Hugo Grotius
- 7 Paulus Voet
- 8 Ulrik Huber
- 9 Zeger-Bernard van Espen
- 10 Dionysius van der Keessel
- 11 Pieter Paulus
- 12 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
- 13 Edouard Ducpétiaux
- 14 Charles Périn
- 15 Léon de Lantsheere
- 16 Paul Scholten
- 17 Willem Duynstee
- 18 Jules Storme
- 19 Herman Dooyeweerd
- 20 Josse Mertens de Wilmars
- Index
- References
1 - Alger of Liège
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2021
Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction Law, Christianity, and Secularization in the Low Countries
- 1 Alger of Liège
- 2 Arnoldus Gheyloven
- 3 Boëtius Epo
- 4 Leonardus Lessius
- 5 Franciscus Zypaeus
- 6 Hugo Grotius
- 7 Paulus Voet
- 8 Ulrik Huber
- 9 Zeger-Bernard van Espen
- 10 Dionysius van der Keessel
- 11 Pieter Paulus
- 12 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
- 13 Edouard Ducpétiaux
- 14 Charles Périn
- 15 Léon de Lantsheere
- 16 Paul Scholten
- 17 Willem Duynstee
- 18 Jules Storme
- 19 Herman Dooyeweerd
- 20 Josse Mertens de Wilmars
- Index
- References
Summary
Alger (Algerus canonicus Leodiensis) lived between the second half of the eleventh century and the first half of the twelfth century, in the age of the Investiture Controversy. His biography is mainly known through the Elogium written during his lifetime by the canon Nicholas of Liège, as an introduction to his ‘redaction’ of Alger’s two treaties. Neither the date nor place of his birth are known and the nickname ‘of Liège’ is more a reference to the city where he made his career as a member of the secular clergy, before entering the monastery of Cluny at a later stage in his life.
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