The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris
Author: Bernardus Silvestris
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1990-11-26
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780231513562
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Cosmographia
Author: Bernardus Silvestris
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-12-14
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9004621199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoetic Works
Author: Bernard Silvestris
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780674743786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaving studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, Bernardus Silvestris became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in this collection, particularly his masterpiece the Cosmographia, which has been compared to the poetry of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno.
Patterns of Thought
Author: Richard Foster
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore the high altar in Westminster Abbey lies a priceless pavement which has been hidden beneath a protective carpet since the early 1900s. The author, in this book, has brought his knowledge as an art historian to bear on the problem of unravelling its secret message.
Authority and Imitation
Author: Mark Kauntze
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-05-08
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9004268359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cosmographia is one of the most inventive and enigmatic works of medieval literature. Mark Kauntze argues that this allegory of creation is best understood as a product of the vibrant intellectual culture of twelfth-century France. Bernard Silvestris established the authority of his treatise by imitating those ancient philosophers and poets who were assiduously studied in the contemporary schools. But he also revised and updated them, to develop a compelling intervention into twelfth-century debates about man's place in nature and the relationship between theology and natural science. Using a wealth of manuscript evidence, Kauntze reconstructs the school context in which Bernard worked, and shows how the Cosmographia itself became an object of scholarly annotation and imitation in the later Middle Ages.
De Sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period
Author: Matteo Valleriani
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-01-01
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 3030308332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take a close look at key intellectuals and how they engaged with the main ideas of this qualitative introduction to geocentric cosmology. Johannes de Sacrobosco compiled his Tractatus de sphaera during the thirteenth century in the frame of his teaching activities at the then recently founded University of Paris. It soon became a mandatory text all over Europe. As a result, a tradition of commentaries to the text was soon established and flourished until the second half of the 17th century. Here, readers will find an informative overview of these commentaries complete with a rich context. The essays explore the educational and social backgrounds of the writers. They also detail how their careers developed after the publication of their commentaries, the institutions and patrons they were affiliated with, what their agenda was, and whether and how they actually accomplished it. The editor of this collection considers these scientific commentaries as genuine scientific works. The contributors investigate them here not only in reference to the work on which it comments but also, and especially, as independent scientific contributions that are socially, institutionally, and intellectually contextualized around their authors.
The ‘Roman de la Rose' and Thirteenth-Century Thought
Author: Jonathan Morton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-07-16
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1108425704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first truly in-depth, interdisciplinary study of philosophical questions in the seminal medieval literary work, the Roman de la Rose.
A Companion to Late Antique Literature
Author: Scott McGill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-07-27
Total Pages: 670
ISBN-13: 1118830350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNoted scholars in the field explore the rich variety of late antique literature With contributions from leading scholars in the field, A Companion to Late Antique Literature presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The Companion covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. Comprehensive in scope, this important volume presents new research, methodologies, and significant debates in the field. The Companion explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the period. This authoritative text: Provides an inclusive overview of late antique literature Offers the widest survey to date of the literary traditions and forms of the period, including those in several languages other than Greek and Latin Presents the most current research and new methodologies in the field Contains contributions from an international group of contributors Written for students and scholars of late antiquity, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative review of the literature from the era.
Pope Eugenius III (1145-1153)
Author: Andrew Jotischky
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2018-07-21
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9048537207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElected pope in the wake of a rebellion, Eugenius III came to power as a relative unknown during a time of crisis. This book examines the controversial developments in papal justice and theological debate during his pontificate, his treatment of Cistercian monasteries, his relationships with France, Spain, and Rome, his work in the papal states, and the crusades. It offers a new view of an under-appreciated pope and the place of the church in a rapidly changing European society.
Bernardi Silvestris de Mundi Universitate
Author: Bernard Silvestris
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Published: 2018-10-06
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780341663096
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