Principia on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Exploring an Uncharted Scholastic Philosophical Genre Across Europe
Edited by Monica Brinzei Edited by William O. Duba
These volumes offer the first overview of a neglected philosophical-theological genre that flourished in late-medieval universities across Europe: the Principium.
Principia were an obligatory step on the medieval university path to becoming a master of theology. As inaugural lectures on the four books of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, they provided the first opportunity for a scholastic to defend a philosophical-theological worldview. These lectures were also a way for the theologian, now a sententiarius, to present himself and to make a name for himself, initially by delivering in a speech an introduction to the course and by debating with his fellows. The present book takes a collective approach to offer a survey of the evolution of the genre, mapping the dissemination of this exercise during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries across Europe. As an academic exercise, principia bridge ideas, texts, authors, and institutions across time. Exploring the corpus of surviving principia illuminates the philosophical creativity cultivated in the faculties of theology. The papers in these volumes thus not only discuss the structural aspects of principia, but also treat the philosophical and theological ideas defended and attacked during the principial debates and the topics and imagery used in the speeches. The various chapters delve into the surviving material in a common attempt, firstly, to assemble pieces of evidence from Paris and Oxford into an image portraying how, when, and by whom the principia were performed in the first European universities. The second part illustrates the spread of the genre to the new faculties of theology in Central Europe and Italy, with case studies from Bologna, Cracow, Florence, Heidelberg, Prague, and Vienna, highlighting the pan-European diffusion of the practice.
- Edited by Monica Brinzei
- Edited by William O. Duba
Other Titles in this Series
La volonte de croire au Moyen Age
Les theories de la foi dans la pensee scolastique du XIIIe siecle
Volume 4
The Forge of Doctrine
The Academic Year 1330-31 and the Rise of Scotism at the University of Paris
Volume 2
Les principia aux Sentences de Benoît Hesse de Cracovie (1428–1430)
Étude et édition critique
Volume 10
William of Ware on the Sentences
Teaching Philosophy and Theology in the 13th Century between Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus
Volume 8
The Rise of an Academic Elite
Deans, Masters, and Scribes at the University of Vienna before 1400
Volume 6
Les spheres, les astres et les theologiens
L'influence celeste entre science et foi dans les commentaires des Sentences (v. 1220-v. 1340)
Volume 5
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