Sökning: "Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century.
1. Varieties of Necessity in John Buridan : Logic and Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of John Buridan's (c.1300-c.1361) conception of modalities. Modal concepts - concepts of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency - describe the ways in which things could and could not be otherwise. LÄS MER
2. Modal syllogistics in the Middle Ages
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the first systematic study of the development of the theory of modal syllogistic during the Middle Ages. It traces the theory from the first commentators, after the rediscovery of Aristotle's Prior Analytics in the twelfth century, to the end of the Middle Ages in the fifteenth century. LÄS MER
3. Och de skall vara ett hjärta : konsensusdoktrinen i medeltida kanonisk rätt
Sammanfattning : One of the most important aspects of the marriage legislation in medieval canon law is the doctrine of free choice. According to this doctrine, established by pope Alexander III in the second half of the twelfth century, the validity of a marriage depended solely on the freely given consent of the parties. LÄS MER
4. Hustru och man i Birgittas uppenbarelser
Sammanfattning : St. Birgitta of Sweden has left to us almost 700 revelations, influenced by theology in her time and the world she lived in. This dissertation examines what these revelations can tell us about husband and wife in the fourteenth century. It examines different fields of married life and the male and female roles in them. LÄS MER
5. Le Miroir historial de Jean de Vignay : Édition critique du livre I (Prologue) et du livre 5 (Histoire d'Alexandre le Grand)
Sammanfattning : In the mid-thirteenth century, the Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais compiled the largest encyclopedia ever during the Middle Ages: the fourfold Speculum maius, whose Latin Speculum historiale became by far its most copied and widespread volume. During the 1320's and early 1330's, Jean de Vignay translated the whole Speculum historiale into French and dedicated the work to the French queen Joan of Burgundy, wife of Philip of Valois. LÄS MER