Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Two Beguine authors, Hadewijch and Mechthild of Magdeburg, deploy the tropes of courtly love in vern
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Bonaventure and Peter Olivi respond to critics of the Franciscan vow of poverty, in a debate which p
Medieval ideas about what animals do and do not have in common with humans, and how we should treat
Peter Olivi proposes that awareness occurs not through passively being affected by things, but by ac
Bonaventure argues that human knowledge depends on an illumination from God.
Charles Burnett tells Peter about the role of magic in medieval intellectual life.
Roger Bacon extols the power of science based on experience and uses a general theory of "species" t
Translator, scientist and theologian Robert Grosseteste sheds light on the cosmos, human understandi
The scholastics explore Aristotle’s ethical teaching and the concept of moral conscience.
Philip the Chancellor introduces the transcendentals, a key idea in medieval metaphysics and aesthet
John Blund and William of Auvergne draw on Aristotle and Avicenna to argue that the soul is immateri
Richard Rufus and anonymous commentators on Aristotle explore the nature of motion, time, infinity a
The terminist logicians William of Sherwood and Peter of Spain classify the various ways that langua
Kent Emery joins Peter to discuss the effects of monastic and university culture on medieval philoso
The emergence of universities in Paris, Oxford, Bologna and elsewhere provide the main setting for m
Greek and Arabic sources are rendered into Latin in a translation movement that will revolutionize m
The life, visions, political intrigues and scientific interests of Hildegard of Bingen.
A discussion about Roman law and its reception in the medieval period, with ancient law expert Carol
Gratian and Peter Lombard help bring scholasticism to maturity by systematizing law and theology.
