Category: Medieval philosophy
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The Paleolithic Era
The Paleolithic Era Before the Rise of Civilization: The Paleolithic Era The first humans evolved in Africa during the Paleolithic Era, or Stone Age, which spans the period of history from 2.5 million to about 10,000 BCE. During this time, humans lived in small groups as hunter-gatherers, with clear gender divisions for labor. The men […]
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Aristotle on Inquiry: Erotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms
James Lennox’s new book on Aristotle’s scientific method takes on a perennial blister, the apparent disconnect between Aristotle’s most programmatic remarks on the nature of philosophical inquiry in the Posterior Analytics,and his own practice in particular treatises. The unifying theme of the book is that while Aristotle maintains a commitment to the existence of domain-neutral norms […]
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Collecting Medieval Treasures
As a late medievalist who has recently moved to Scotland, I was disappointed to learn that the Burrell Collection in Glasgow – home to the many medieval treasures once owned by the shipping magnate and prolific collector, William Burrell – is closed over the next two years. This is for an extensive renovation, which will see […]
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Averroes – The Commentator and Polymath
Averroes, a closeup of The School of Athens Averroes – The Commentator and Polymath Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd, better known as Averroes, passed away. Averroes wrote on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, political and Andalusian classical music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences […]
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Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies: An Introduction
Cognitive Sciences and Medieval Studies breaks ground on very important, yet controversial, territory. As its title indicates, this volume primarily explores what we might call the principles of the mind or brain in European medieval society, in unique ways. The editorial introduction defines cognitive sciences as ‘an interdisciplinary field for the study and understanding of the […]
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Inside the walls: exploring medieval towns
Medieval towns were vibrant hubs of activity, housing an array of people from political and spiritual leaders to traders, craftsmen, inn-keepers and brothel owners. Here, Dr Alixe Bovey explores what went on inside city walls. Medieval writers were unsure about towns. On the one hand, they saw them as vital hubs of economic, cultural, political, […]
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Medieval Welsh Genealogy: An Introduction and Textual Study
This substantial book does two jobs. It undertakes the first full textual study of Welsh genealogical literature in the Middle Ages, and it provides a new critical edition of the most important texts. In the second of these roles it replaces Peter Bartrum’s Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (1966), the workhorse on which everyone relied till now. In […]
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The Medieval Period
Introduction The medieval period in European history begins after the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 C.E., and continued until the early modern period beginning around 1500. The medieval period is split into the sub-categories of early medieval (500-1000), central middle ages (1000-1300), late medieval (1300-1500), and followed by the early modern period (1500-1800). […]
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