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Jonathan Beck |
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Joyful Scholarship
The Scientific Revolution of the Middle Ages
In the High Middle Ages, a revolution took place in Europe that continues to determine our lives today – scholars freed themselves from the beliefs of their time and started out to seek answers to their own questions. Frank Rexroth uses a close engagement
with primary source material to provide a vivid portrait of the lives of medieval scholars,
their novel schools, their emotions, ideas, and discoveries – which, in the end, reveals the emergence of what we call science today.
When Peter Abelard proclaimed the primacy of reason in all questions in the twelfth century (and started a relationship with his pupil Heloise), it was a scandal. But he was not the only one who stubbornly explored his own knowledge and wanted to commit his life to the new project of “scholastic” knowledge. This fascinating study talks about how students came together to form new groups and schools and shows how this new way lead to the birth of the university which marks the end of this fundamental transformation of European intellectuality.
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Published by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406725210 Main content page count: 505 Pages ISBN: 9783406725210 |