Wyclif and the Oxford Schools

The Relation of the 'Summa de Ente' to Scholastic Debates at Oxford in the Later Fourteenth Century

J. A. Robson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

1961
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-06117-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Dr Robson gives a full account of Wyclif's career as an Oxford don - the little-known period of his life before in 1372 he became a controversialist - so answering the question, why was Wyclif when he became a public figure already acknowledged the leading master in Oxford? Part I of the book examines scholastic theology at Oxford from 1330 to 1370, with special emphasis on Bradwardine and Fitzltalph, the two great influences on Wyclif. Part II analyses Wyclif's most important work of philosophy, the Summa de Ente. The last chapter discusses the survival of realist metaphysics at Oxford after Wyclif's condemnation. The book is therefore a study in scholastic philosophy and theology, which helps us to understand the later Wyclif, and throws light on intellectual life at Oxford in the fourteenth century.

Inhalt

Part I. The Precursors of Wyclif: 1. Early career and the scholastic background at Oxford; 2. Thomas Buckingham and the reaction to the De causa Dei; 3. Richard FitzRalph and the conservative tradition; 4. Trends in speculation at Oxford, 1350–1370; Part II. The 'Summa De Ente': 5. The structure of the Summa de Ente; 6. Wyclif and ultrarealism; 7. Realism and the theology of the Summa de Ente; 8. Wyclif and current theological disputes; 9. The reaction at Oxford to Wyclif early philosophy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.1961
• Reihe/Serie: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: New Series
• Zusatzinfo: Worked examples or Exercises
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 503 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-521-06117-2 / 0521061172
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-06117-9 / 9780521061179
• Zustand: Neuware