Nicholas of Cusa and the making of the early modern world edited by Simon J.G. Burton, Joshua Hollmann, and Eric M. Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burton, Simon J. G., editor.

Series:

Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 190.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; VOLUME 190

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.

Nicholas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

Nicholas of Cusa and Early Modern Reform sheds new light on Cusanus’ relationship to early modernity by focusing on the reform of church, the reform of theology, the reform of perspective, and the reform of method – which together aim to encompass the breadth and depth of Cusanus’ own reform initiatives. In particular, in examining the way in which he served as inspiration for a wide and diverse array of reform-minded philosophers, ecclesiastics, theologians, and lay scholars in the midst of their struggle for the renewal and restoration of the individual, society, and the world, our volume combines a focus on Cusanus as a paradigmatic thinker with a study of his concrete influence on early modern thought. This volume is aimed at scholars working in the field of late medieval and early modern philosophy, theology, and history of science. As the first Anglophone volume to explore the early modern reception of Nicholas of Cusa, this work will provide an important complement to a growing number of companions focusing on his life and thought.

Contents:

Introduction: Nicholas of Cusa and Early Modern Reform / Simon J.G. Burton , Joshua Hollmann and Eric M. Parker

Reformatio Generalis: Ecclesiastical Reform

A Difficult Pope: Eugenius iv and the Men around Him / Thomas M. Izbicki and Luke Bancroft

The Reform of Space for Prayer: Ecclesia primitiva in Nicholas of Cusa and Leon Battista Alberti / Il Kim

“Papista Insanissima”: Papacy and Reform in Nicholas of Cusa’s Reformatio Generalis (1459) and the Early Martin Luther (1517–19) / Richard J. Serina Jr.

Nicholas of Cusa and Paolo Sarpi: Copernicanism and Conciliarism in Early Modern Venice / Alberto Clerici

Coincidentia Oppositorum: Theological Reform

Nicholas of Cusa and Martin Luther on Christ and the Coincidence of Opposites / Joshua Hollmann

Ignorantia Non Docta: John Calvin and Nicholas of Cusa’s Neglected Trinitarian Legacy / Gary W. Jenkins

Nicholas of Cusa and Pantheism in Early Modern Catholic Theology / Matthew T. Gaetano

Explicatio Visionis: Reform of Perspective

The Notion of Faith in the Works of Nicholas Cusanus and Giordano Bruno / Luisa Brotto

“The Sacred Circle of All-Being”: Cusanus, Lord Brooke, and Peter Sterry / Eric M. Parker

Varieties of Spiritual Sense: Cusanus and John Smith / Derek Michaud

Motion, Space, and Early Modern Re-formations of the Cosmos: Nicholas of Cusa’s Anima Mundi and Henry More’s Spirit of Nature / Nathan R. Strunk

Mathesis Universalis: Reform of Method

Cusanus and Boethian Theology in the Early French Reform / Richard J. Oosterhoff

Nicholas Cusanus and Guillaume Postel on Learning and Docta Ignorantia / Roberta Giubilini

The Book Metaphor Triadized: the Layman’s Bible and God’s Books in Raymond of Sabunde, Nicholas of Cusa and Jan Amos Comenius / Petr Pavlas

“Squaring the Circle”: Cusan Metaphysics and the Pansophic Vision of Jan Amos Comenius / Simon J.G. Burton

Cusanus and Leibniz: Symbolic Explorations of Infinity as a Ladder to God / Jan Makovský

Epilogue: Ernst Cassirer and Renaissance Cultural Studies / Michael Edward Moore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38568-1

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004385689 DOI