The Light of Thy Countenance: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century : A Doctrine of Divine Illumination (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

Marrone, Steven P.

ISBN 10: 9004120645 / ISBN 13: 9789004120648

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Light of Thy Countenance: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century : A Doctrine of Divine Illumination (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004120645
• ISBN 13: 9789004120648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 10 ounces

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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).