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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2014
Print publication year:
2014
Online ISBN:
9781139381178
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381178
Subjects:
British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, Religion, European Studies, Theology
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (94)
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Book description

This book explores the ways in which theologians at the early University of Paris promoted the development of this new centre of education into a prominent institution within late medieval society. Drawing upon a range of evidence, including many theological texts available only in manuscripts, Spencer E. Young uncovers a vibrant intellectual community engaged in debates on such issues as the viability of Aristotle's natural philosophy for Christian theology, the implications of the popular framework of the seven deadly sins for spiritual and academic life, the social and religious obligations of educated masters, and poor relief. Integrating the intellectual and institutional histories of the Faculty of Theology, Young demonstrates the historical significance of these discussions for both the university and the thirteenth-century church. He also reveals the critical role played by many of the early university's lesser-known members in one of the most transformative periods in the history of higher education.

Reviews

'This book represents an original and sophisticated look at the interplay between learned individuals and their academic environment at an important moment in the history of the university. An appendix supplies a biographical register of known and possible Parisian masters of theology between 1215 and 1248.'

Alex J. Novikoff Source: American Historical Review

'Young's work is of great benefit for scholars who research the time period under consideration, as well as for scholars of later Parisian theologians such as Albert, Aquinas, and Bonaventure, since the study explores the proximate communal context in which these thinkers were formed. … Young's study is a significant resource.'

Matthew R. McWhorter Source: Nova et vetera

'This book manages to expand in several fascinating directions while fusing the intellectual and institutional histories of the early University of Paris in an original and convincing way …'

Antonia Fitzpatrick Source: Speculum

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