Gregory the Great (c. 560–604 C.E.) occupies a key position in the development of Christian commentary on the Scriptures. Using simple words to preach to the nobles and common people of Rome, Gregory employs metaphors, analogies, stories, and images to answer basic questions of faith. Santha Bhattacharji, MA, PHD, is a lecturer in Old and Middle English at Keble College, University of Oxford. A former nun in an Anglican contemplative community, she now speaks and writes regularly on the medieval mystics and medieval liturgy. She has a particular interest in the use of patristic texts in the liturgy, and in their influence on medieval writers. She is author of God is an Earthquake: The Spirituality of Margery Keme (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997). Used Book in Good Condition