Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe

by Richard William Southern

Book Overview

A study of the intellectual development and influence of one of the most independent and vigorous Englishmen of the Middle Ages, this book studies Robert Grosseteste, a man of humble birth, who lived for many years in obscurity and emerged only late in life as a national figure. As a scientist, theologian, and pastoral leader, he was rooted in an English tradition predating the Norman Conquest. For this second edition of this comprehensive study of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198203101
• ISBN13: 9780198203100
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"