William of Baskerville
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Plot summary. In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his assistant Adso of Melk arrive at a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation. The abbey is being used as neutral ground in a dispute between Pope John XXII and the Franciscans over the question of apostolic poverty.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Sep 24, 1986 · A 1986 film adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel, starring Sean Connery as a medieval detective. Find out the plot, cast, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1986-09-24
Jun 14, 2024 · The Name of the Rose, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in 1980. Although it stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of ‘truth’ from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
Jan 1, 2001 · Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns to the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, and the empirical insights of Roger Bacon to find the killer.
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- Paperback
A medieval mystery novel by Umberto Eco, featuring a Franciscan friar and a novice who investigate a series of murders and a forbidden book in a remote abbey. The novel explores themes of knowledge, language, and religion, as well as the historical and literary context of the fourteenth century.
A Franciscan friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a Benedictine abbey in 1327. He uncovers a secret book, a heretical cult and a conspiracy involving the Inquisition.
