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Petrus Thomae Petri Thomae Quaestiones de ente
Editio princeps of Peter Thomae's De ente It is generally acknowledged by historians of philosophy that medieval philosophers made key contributions to the discussion of the problem of being and the fundamental issues of metaphysics. The Quaestiones de ente of Peter Thomae, composed at Barcelona ca. 1325, is the longest medieval work devoted to the problem of being as well as the most systematic. The work is divided into three parts: the concept of being, the attributes of being, and the descent...
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Engels | Latijn | 590 pagina's (PDF, 7,2 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018
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Thomas Coomans Life Inside the cloister
understanding monastic architecture: tradition, reformation, adaptive reuse
Sacred architecture as reality and metaphor in secularised Western society. Christian monasteries and convents, built throughout Europe for the best part of 1,500 years, are now at a crossroads. This study attempts to understand the sacred architecture of monasteries as a process of the tangible and symbolic organisation of space and time for religious communities. Despite the weight of seemingly immutable monastic tradition, architecture has contributed to developing specific religious identities...
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Engels | PDF, 17 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018
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The astrological autobiography of a medieval philosopher
Henry Bate's Nativitas (1280-81)
Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246-after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode...
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Engels | Latijn | 290 pagina's (PDF, 4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018
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Regards sur les traditions philosophiques (XIIe-XVIe siècles)
Des perspectives nouvelles sur les diverses faces du thème de la tradition au Moyen Age Le volume étudie comment les médiévaux ont compris et discuté les traditions philosophiques et, ce faisant, de quelle manière ont-ils participé à en formuler de nouvelles. Il analyse également dans quelle mesure les historiens ont-ils reconstitué ce sujet. Réunissant dix-sept études de cas allant de Hugues de Saint-Victor à Pietro Pomponazzi, le volume présente des perspectives nouvelles sur les...
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Frans | PDF, 1,7 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018
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2018