The Light of Countenance - Science and knowledge of God in the thirteenth century: Vol. 1 & 2: A doctrine of divine illumination; God at the core of cognition

Marrone, Steven P.

ISBN 10: 9004120645 / ISBN 13: 9789004120648

Published by Brill, Leiden, 2001

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Very good, linen binding with dust jacket, Studies in the History of Christian thought , xvi, 861 pp., 16x24x5 cm In the introduction only: pencil underlining and marks in the margin , sent as parcel post.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Light of Countenance - Science and knowledge of God in the thirteenth century: Vol. 1 & 2: A doctrine of divine illumination; God at the core of cognition
• Publisher: Brill, Leiden
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004120645
• ISBN 13: 9789004120648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This book traces the rise of a formal model of science in thirteenth-century Europe and resultant changes in assumptions about Knowledge of God in the world, investigating scholastic antecedents to modern science and reconceptualizing medieval schools of thought.

About the Author

Steven P. Marrone, Ph.D. (1978) in History, Harvard University, is Professor of History at Tufts University. Publications include William of Auvergne and Robert Grosseteste (Princeton, 1983) and Truth and Scientific Knowledge in the Thought of Henry of Ghent (Medieval Academy of America, 1985).