Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris - Softcover

Smith, Randall B.

 
9781108789356: Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108789358 ISBN 13: 9781108789356
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

In this volume, Randall B. Smith provides a revisionist account of the scholastic culture that flourished in Paris during the High Middle Ages. Exploring the educational culture that informed the intellectual and mental habits of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, he offers an in-depth study of the prologues and preaching skills of these two masters. Smith reveal the intricate interrelationships between the three duties of the master: lectio (reading), disputatio (debate), and praedicatio (preaching). He also analyzes each of Aquinas and Bonaventure's prologues from their student days to their final works, revealing both their artistry and their instructional character. Written in an engaging style, this book serves as an invaluable resource that will enable scholars and students to read thirteenth-century sermons, prologues, and biblical commentaries with greater understanding and ease.

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About the Author

Randall B. Smith is the Scanlon Foundation Endowed Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He is the author of How to Read a Sermon by Thomas Aquinas.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108789358
ISBN 13 
9781108789356
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
464

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