Jean Gerson and the Last Medieval Reformation

by Brian Patrick McGuire

In this biography of the noted French philosopher and theologian Jean Gerson, the first since 1929, Brian Patrick McGuire presents a compelling portrait of Gerson as a voice of reason and Christian humanism during a time of great intellectual and social tumult in the late Middle Ages. Born to a peasant father and mother in the county of Champagne, Gerson (1363-1429) was the first of twelve children. He overcame his modest beginnings to become a scholastic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271027061
• ISBN13: 9780271027067
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"