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The Holy Blood
The first extended study of relics of the Holy Blood: portions of the blood of Christ's passion preserved supposedly from the time of the Crucifixion and displayed as objects of wonder and veneration in the churches of medieval Europe. Inspired by the discovery of new evidence relating to the relic deposited by King Henry III at Westminster in 1247, the study proceeds from the particular political and spiritual motives that inspired this gift to a wider consideration of blood relics, their distribution across western Europe, their place in Christian devotion, and the controversies to which they gave rise among theologians. In the process the author advances a new thesis on the role of the sacred in Plantagenet court life as well as exploring various intriguing byways of medieval religion.
The new Solomon [electronic resource]
This study of kingship and the court in fourteenth-century Italy connects the style of rule of Robert of Naples to the changing issues of the fourteenth century and charts its legacy among other late-medieval rulers and Renaissance commentators.
The Making of the Magdalen
"Best known during the Middle Ages as the prostitute who became a faithful follower of Christ, Mary Magdalen was the most beloved female saint after the Virgin Mary. Why the Magdalen became so popular, what meanings she conveyed, and how her story evolved over the centuries are the focus of this compelling exploration of late medieval religious culture." "Through the lens of medieval preaching, as well as the responses of those who heard the sermons preached, Katherine Jansen brings to light previously unpublished sermons to show how and why the mendicant friars transformed Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a mode...
La mesure de l’être
The aim of this book is to analyze the problem of the intensity of forms in the late Middle Ages and to show how this debate eventually gave rise to a new metaphysical project in the 14th century: the project of quantifying the different types of perfections existing in the universe – that is the project of “measuring being”. Cet ouvrage se propose d’analyser l’histoire du débat relatif à l’intensité des formes au Moyen Âge, et de retracer la manière dont il conduisit au XIVe siècle à l’émergence d’un projet métaphysique nouveau : celui de quantifier les perfections contenues dans l’univers et, ainsi, de “mesurer l’être”.
Dictionnaire des philosophes médiévaux
Ce dictionnaire est la refonte complète et fortement augmentée d'un Dictionnaire abrégé des philosophes médiévaux paru en 2000. Il est le fruit de recherches menées depuis plus de trente-cinq ans et se veut un instrument de haute érudition tout autant qu'un outil de consultation. Il n'est donc pas réservé seulement aux spécialistes de la philosophie médiévale, mais s'adresse aussi à quiconque s'intéresse de près ou de loin aux grandes orientations de la pensée du Moyen Age. Il comprend plus de 450 entrées consacrées aussi bien à des penseurs occidentaux, tels que Pierre Abélard, Philippe le Chancelier, Duns Scot, Buridan, Ockham ou Thomas d'Aquin, qu'à des philosophes arabes, tels que Al-Fârâbî, Avempace, Avicenne ou Averroès, ou juifs, tels que Maïmonide ou Gersonide. Il passe également en revue les principaux savants, traducteurs et auteurs spirituels de cette époque, tout en les replaçant dans les courants de pensée qui leur sont contemporains. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage de langue française permet de faire la synthèse à peu près complète des grandes orientations doctrinales de l'Antiquité finissante et du Moyen Age.
Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy
This is the first reference ever devoted to medieval philosophy. It covers all areas of the field from 500-1500 including philosophers, philosophies, key terms and concepts. It also provides analyses of particular theories plus cultural and social contexts.
In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son
In In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son: The Pastoral Uses of a Biblical Narrative (c. 1200-1550) Pietro Delcorno reconstructs how this biblical parable became, particularly through preaching, a key master narrative in shaping religious identity in medieval and Reformation Europe.
The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought C.350-c.1450
This volume examines the history of a complex and varied body of ideas over a period of more than a thousand years.
