Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Volume I: Foundations

by Richard William Southern

Book Overview

At the beginning of the twelfth century a group of scholars, mainly centred on Paris and Bologna, began an enterprise of unprecedented scope. Their intention was to produce a once-and-for-all body of knowledge that would be as perfect as humanity's fallen state permits, and which would provide a view of God, nature, and human conduct, promoting order in this world and blessedness in the next. Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe reconsiders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631191119
• ISBN13: 9780631191117
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"