TY - BOOK
T1 - William of Conches and the tradition of Boethius' Consolatio Philosophiae
T2 - an edition of his Glosae super Boetium and studies of the Latin commentary tradition
AU - Nauta, Lodewijk Willem
N1 - date_submitted:2007
Rights: University of Groningen
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - William of Conches, one of the most brilliant masters of the first half of the twelfth century, has long been associated with the so called School of Chartres, that reputedly unique centre where there emerged a humanistic study of classical texts, a rationalistic reading of the work of Nature secendum physicam, a daring approach to the Scriptures, and a Platonically inspired poetry. Although the concept of the School of Chartres seems to have outlived its usefulness, it is still often (for better or worse) used as a short-hand term to characterize exciting intellectual innovations in the twelfth century. One of the fiercest opponents of this concept, Sir Richard Southern, does not consider it superfluous to reprint his earlier, controversial essays in this latest book from 1995. As is well-known, in these essays Southern tried to explode the myth, kept alive by generations of scholars, of the School of Chartres. His claim, to which he still adheres, is !...
Zie: Introduction
AB - William of Conches, one of the most brilliant masters of the first half of the twelfth century, has long been associated with the so called School of Chartres, that reputedly unique centre where there emerged a humanistic study of classical texts, a rationalistic reading of the work of Nature secendum physicam, a daring approach to the Scriptures, and a Platonically inspired poetry. Although the concept of the School of Chartres seems to have outlived its usefulness, it is still often (for better or worse) used as a short-hand term to characterize exciting intellectual innovations in the twelfth century. One of the fiercest opponents of this concept, Sir Richard Southern, does not consider it superfluous to reprint his earlier, controversial essays in this latest book from 1995. As is well-known, in these essays Southern tried to explode the myth, kept alive by generations of scholars, of the School of Chartres. His claim, to which he still adheres, is !...
Zie: Introduction
KW - Guillelmus de Conchis (ca1080-ca1154)
KW - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca480-524)
KW - Proefschriften (vorm)
KW - 1000-1500, 1500-1800
KW - De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius), receptie
KW - 11XX-16XX
KW - middeleeuwse filosofie
M3 - Thesis fully internal (DIV)
PB - s.n.
ER -