Philosophy and Theology in the ‘Studia’ of the Religious Orders and at Papal and Royal Courts
Acts of the XVth Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, University of Notre Dame, 8-10 October 2008
Edited by Jr Emery Edited by WJ Courtenay Edited by SM Metzger
Most scholars know that the great universities were the institutional setting of Scholastic philosophical and theological activity in the later Middle Ages. Fewer realize, however, that perhaps far more Scholastic learning in the liberal arts and theology took place in the studia, or study-houses of the religious orders, which out-numbered the universities and were more widely distributed across Europe. Indeed, most members of the mendicant orders received most or all of their learning in the liberal arts and theology in the studia of their order, and the most famous members of the orders (e.g., Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus) spent more time teaching in the studia than they did serving as Regent Masters in the university proper. As a consequence, the greater part of later medieval Scholastic literature was produced in the institutional context of the studia of the religious orders. Moreover, there were other significant institutional studia for Scholastic learning and discourse in the later Middle Ages besides the universities and the study-houses, namely the Papal Court-notably the Sacred Palace at Avignon-and several royal courts, for example, the courts of Robert the Wise in Naples and of the Emperor Lewis IV in Munich. It is not surprising, therefore, that many of the greatest Scholastic masters at different times taught in, or were associated with, all of these venues. This volume, which originated at the XVth annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l’Etude de la Philosophie Medievale held at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in October 2008, contains essays concerning the study and teaching of philosophy and theology in the studia of the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinian Hermits, Carmelites, Benedictines and Cistercians, as well as the intellectual activity at the Papal Court in Rome and Avignon and at various royal courts (London, Naples, Munich).
Most scholars know that the great universities were the institutional setting of Scholastic philosophical and theological activity in the later Middle Ages. Fewer realize, however, that perhaps far more Scholastic learning in the liberal arts and theology took place in the studia, or study-houses of the religious orders, which out-numbered the universities and were more widely distributed across Europe. Indeed, most members of the mendicant orders received most or all of their learning in the liberal arts and theology in the studia of their order, and the most famous members of the orders (e.g., Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus) spent more time teaching in the studia than they did serving as Regent Masters in the university proper. As a consequence, the greater part of later medieval Scholastic literature was produced in the institutional context of the studia of the religious orders. Moreover, there were other significant institutional studia for Scholastic learning and discourse in the later Middle Ages besides the universities and the study-houses, namely the Papal Court-notably the Sacred Palace at Avignon-and several royal courts, for example, the courts of Robert the Wise in Naples and of the Emperor Lewis IV in Munich. It is not surprising, therefore, that many of the greatest Scholastic masters at different times taught in, or were associated with, all of these venues. This volume, which originated at the XVth annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l’Etude de la Philosophie Medievale held at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in October 2008, contains essays concerning the study and teaching of philosophy and theology in the studia of the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinian Hermits, Carmelites, Benedictines and Cistercians, as well as the intellectual activity at the Papal Court in Rome and Avignon and at various royal courts (London, Naples, Munich).
- Edited by Jr Emery
- Edited by WJ Courtenay
- Edited by SM Metzger
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Radical Thinking in the Middle Ages
Acts of the XV International Congress of the SIEPM, Paris, 21-26 August 2022
Volume 29
The Legitimation of Political Power in Medieval Thought
Acts of the XIX Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale Alcala, 18-20 September 2013
Volume 17
Tolerance and Concepts of Otherness in Medieval Philosophy
Acts of the XXI Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, Maynooth, 9-12 September 2015
Volume 25
A Question of Life and Death. Living and Dying in Medieval Philosophy
Acts of the XXIII Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, Leuven, 11-12 October 2018
Volume 26
Per cognitionem visualem. The Visualization of Cognitive and Natural Processes in the Middle Ages
Acts of the XXV Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, Porto, 14-15 and 21-22 June 2021
Volume 27
Pseudo-Aristotelian Texts in Medieval Thought
Acts of the XXII Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour lEtude de la Philosophie Medievale, Cluj-Napoca, 28-30 September 2016
Volume 28
Homo, Natura, Mundus
Human Beings and Their Relationships: Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, July 24-28, 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Volume 22
Right and Nature in the First and Second Scholasticism / Derecho y Naturaleza en la primera y segunda escolastica
Acts of the XVIIth Annual Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 15-18 September 2010
Volume 16
Dionysian Traditions
24th Annual Colloquium of the S.I.E.P.M., September 9-11, 2019, Varna, Bulgaria
Volume 23
The Word in Medieval Logic, Theology and Psychology
Acts of the XIIIth International Colloquium of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Medievale, Kyoto, 27 September-1 October 2005
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Centres and Peripheries in the History of Philosophical Thought
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